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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
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 Posted - 18/01/2010 : 07:22:07
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| Do corns enjoy it when they are picked up/stroked? |
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 08:17:29
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Snickers seems to love being stroked. When she is on the table beside my computer she may be moving around sniffing, but if I start to stroke her she will stop moving and just stay in one place until i stop.quote:
Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
Do corns enjoy it when they are picked up/stroked?
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 08:25:33
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Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
Do corns enjoy it when they are picked up/stroked?
I think it depends on the corn itself, how old it is and how much it is handled. If they are handled regularly they do get used to being picked up - if handled correctly....calmly, gently, with no sudden movements.
As for stroking I asked this question about Kellog, as I regularly stroke him just to remind him I am there and able to grab him if he decides to make a run for it. He doesnt try to get away from me when I do it, so I am assuming that it doesnt bother him. I have just begun stroking my new one, who wasnt handled by his previous owner and therefore has needed taming down. Just do it very gently when he is calm enough to settle on my lap for a few minutes, which isnt often...and again, he doesnt try and escape from it so it must not bother him.
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2010 : 08:54:18
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| same with my corn it loves to be handled and is very calm and when i stroke him he just stops and lies on my lap when i stop stroking him he just slithers away!!!! btw my corn is addictid to TV!!!! |
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2010 : 08:56:57
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| thanks for the info |
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danbaylis35
Hatchling
United Kingdom
161 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2010 : 15:01:50
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| they love it under the chin just like a dog lol |
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matty18714
The Count of Corniness
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 15:47:39
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I honestly dont think there is any snake that appreciates it.
How do you know the snake isn't stopping in the hope that, if it stays still for long enough, you will go away? |
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 16:10:01
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i think i agree with matty on this one, i think they stop in the hopes of being left alone, but it would be nice to think they enjoy it  |
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SexyBear77
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 16:10:47
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Originally posted by matty18714
I honestly dont think there is any snake that appreciates it.
How do you know the snake isn't stopping in the hope that, if it stays still for long enough, you will go away?
Ditto this. |
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 17:41:32
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Snickers is too. She was lay there totally still staring at the computer screen or TV screen whichever is going.quote:
Originally posted by Fernando Pierre
same with my corn it loves to be handled and is very calm and when i stroke him he just stops and lies on my lap when i stop stroking him he just slithers away!!!! btw my corn is addictid to TV!!!!
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 18/01/2010 : 22:33:52
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| i think some species and some individuals tolerate handling more than others, although i do believe they get used to being handled predominantly by one person and are most 'at ease' with that person but if you're generally competant and confident handling snakes they're also likely to be more chilled out |
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2010 : 04:25:00
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| oh ok cool thanks for the info! |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 19/01/2010 : 06:09:47
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Originally posted by matty18714
I honestly dont think there is any snake that appreciates it.
How do you know the snake isn't stopping in the hope that, if it stays still for long enough, you will go away?
I am not saying that Kellog enjoys it or wants it, but he certainly doesnt react in the sense of stopping in the hope I will go away.
I do it while he is slithering around and it doesnt change his behaviour/speed in any way....and I also do it when he is resting on me. I have never stroked him and he has 'frozen' in response to it.
I would say he probably tolerates it and for me it began more as I reminder to him that I was there and could grab him if I needed to  !! But it has just continued ever since.
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 22/01/2010 : 13:05:47
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| mine to! |
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2010 : 16:22:52
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| haha mine to!! |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/01/2010 : 16:48:49
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| im not convinced my edison 'likes' being handled.. hes clingy (and i mean really clingy) hes getting quite big now and will wrap himself around my fingers and slowly venture but he wont let go of me..the last third of his body will be wrapped around something.. hes the same with feeding - his tail always wraps around something as if hes making sure he doesnt slither too far away.. i think he tolerates being handled and cause of his clingyness i dont get him out as often as i get mont out or libs just because i dont want to stress him - he can get really panicky |
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elament
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/01/2010 : 16:55:32
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All I can say is this...Colin usually tells me he wants to come out by loitering around the front glass doors of his viv (makes a right show of it two climbing up the glass) If he does this i open the door and he usually comes out onto my arm. Some may say he is seeing a route of escape and takes it and its possible. However, when he wants to go back in he heads for his viv and does so (I have the luxury of this because my viv is right next to the arm of the sofa) Thing is if he was only coming out to escape why go back?
Like some of your snakes he also sits still when you are stroking him. Why I dunno.
Also he is also addicted to television and watches it on my lap and through the glass of his viv |
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The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2010 : 23:52:00
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Also, why....when I have Kellog out and am handling him I try to put him back into viv he tries to avoid going back in? He makes a big show of it by sliding in and sliding straight back out or not even allowing me to aim his head in...veering it from side to side ! He is quite happy in viv, but also 'seems' quite happy outside of viv.
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2010 : 14:45:20
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| i am sure he likes it he does not react and normally goes up my sleeve and sleeps! |
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Fernando Pierre
Hatchling
South Africa
224 Posts |
Posted - 28/01/2010 : 14:45:55
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| i think he likes the warm and dark! |
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