| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| josh9961 |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 20:08:44
Ketchup my eldest is about 4, 4 feet and has been with me for two weeks. She was fine for a week but suddenly I get rattled at for entering the room. Handling time is escape time for her and tonight I got struck at. She hasn't fed in that two weeks or a week before. Can anyone shed some light on why she's suddenly so wary of me and how can I stop it? Oh and she wasn't handled for a month before I got her. |
| 6 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Scarlett |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 21:58:28
Yeah they can get disorientated sometimes. Just leave her for a week, except to change her water, and let her chill out. Then following that week try to get her used to you. Some people wear a top for the day and put it in the tank with the snake so that it gets used to their scent. Maybe wear a sock in your clothes somehow and do that? Or even an old piece of cloth. |
| josh9961 |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 21:50:57
This one is a lot of talk. Then she struck and bit at her own hide. Mental animal. :P |
| Scarlett |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 21:39:01
There's no need to anger a snake just to get it to bite you, most of the time it can be avoided if you read the snake right =] Most of them are all talk and no bite anyway, it's usually hatchlings that bite without any sense of caution lol. |
| josh9961 |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 20:38:39
I took her from someone who got bit, I refuse to be beaten by a corn snake, my two year ild nephew handle them fine. I might get my rep expert to get one to bite me so I know it's not that bad. |
| BurnedAtTheStake |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 20:12:31
The dread shed???
That's the only time any of mine have been grumpy.
It's funny - someone else has been posting about a grumpy corn - I'm very ignorant of breeding, but isn't there a second mating period in the autumn?
Sorry to hear Ketchup's being so mardy! |
| Scarlett |
Posted - 30/08/2010 : 20:12:28
Perhaps that's why? A month without handling can make a snake touchy. Did you leave her alone for a week when you got her? She probably won't eat if she's feeling threatened, so perhaps leave her food in with her over night so it's more private. After leaving her be for a week you just want to handle her once a day for 5 minutes (except for the 48 hours after feeding) and just try to be confident with it. If she looks like she'll go for you I find a useful thing to do is to use a hide (if you have the ones that look like half a jacket potato lol) and use it to hide her head from your other hand so that when you pick her up it'll be more about her escaping, than attacking.
Just be gentle, confident and make no sudden movements and eventually she'll calm down.
Hope this helps! |
