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buying an old dog

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gob144

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or snake that is. My first snake i got about a month ago i bought when he was 3 years old. Its so much work to train him to be handled and be calm. I love him to bits dont get me wrong. Next snake im getting a baby thats for sure.
 
If you want calm, a baby is the wrong direction to go in. It's unusual for adults to not be much more calm than juveniles. Maybe try a ball python instead of a corn for your next snake?
 
When it comes to adults, it's an individual personality thing. With babies, it's pretty much a constant. babies are spastic, & often try to fly out of your hands, they flail about, trying to get away. They do not sit still. LOL
 
my thinking was if I buy a baby it will be used to being handled by the time its grown. I'm definitely getting a ball python next though
 
What do you mean by "calm"? Do you just mean that it won't sit in your lap? My corn is very mellow but curious and I can't just sit with her. From my understanding this is typical of a corn. She moves slowly and has been nicknamed PlayDoh because she doesn't really care what you do with her, but she only actually stops if she finds something that smells really good or if she is about to poop. We got her when she was 2, though I think she was handled by her previous owners and their toddler.
 
Corns don't sit still; BPs do.

Also, babies are RIDICULOUS. I've held two baby-babies and I wanted nothing to do with them. Flightly, squirmy, STRIKED at me, one bit me a number of times, both musked me, both HISSED, and they were so small I would have hurt them if I hadn't known what I was doing and expected their reactions.

It sounds like you just got an active adult.
 
Are you awake at night and in the same room? If not, you probably never see him when he is active. And snakes always hide, even when exploring.
 
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