beyond_my_dreams
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what is the best was of handling a baby corn snake? and how does she know your not food?
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best way of first time handling?
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Fordie
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recently got my first corn and i was worried about the same thing, and to add insult, the first handling freaked me coz she bit me! Although this is relatively rare, even if it does happen its nothing to be 'freaked' about coz its more like a soft kiss lol.
just go in and pick ur corn up, before you know it its just sniffing about thinkin ur new, then with time and frequent handling it should get to recognise ur smell. if it does become scared and starts striking at ur hand dont stress, let it realise that you are not going to eat!
to avoid letting ur corn get used to the idea of 'cage opening' = 'food' try to feed it outside the cage (in a small tupperware type tub) as often as possible.
hope this helps
just go in and pick ur corn up, before you know it its just sniffing about thinkin ur new, then with time and frequent handling it should get to recognise ur smell. if it does become scared and starts striking at ur hand dont stress, let it realise that you are not going to eat!
to avoid letting ur corn get used to the idea of 'cage opening' = 'food' try to feed it outside the cage (in a small tupperware type tub) as often as possible.
hope this helps
beyond_my_dreams
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i just had her out for about 2 mins and she either weed or had a very watery poo and she seem really scared/ agitated shall i just keep gettin her out for a short time and then slowly increase the time?
Kitty
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Her poop sounded normal. Someone described it once as looking like a bird's.
You seem to be on the right track for handling. We start out with 5-10 minutes per day for the few babies we have. Gradually, that stretches to about 20-30 minutes per session.
Kathy Love's advice has worked well for us: end the handling on a positive note - when they're calm - so they don't develop bad habits. We generally dangle them near the water bowl so they drink before they leave our hands and go wherever they choose.
Oh, and we don't handle for at least 48 hours after feeding or until the "mouse-meat" lump is down enough not to be too noticeable, whichever is longer.
You seem to be on the right track for handling. We start out with 5-10 minutes per day for the few babies we have. Gradually, that stretches to about 20-30 minutes per session.
Kathy Love's advice has worked well for us: end the handling on a positive note - when they're calm - so they don't develop bad habits. We generally dangle them near the water bowl so they drink before they leave our hands and go wherever they choose.
Oh, and we don't handle for at least 48 hours after feeding or until the "mouse-meat" lump is down enough not to be too noticeable, whichever is longer.
Fordie
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Yea kitty is right on the poo factor, sometimes a corn will poo or wee on you when you handle it, sometimes its just the behaviour and sometimes it can be frightened so dont worry coz this will phase out with time if due to being frightened. if not, then its more likely that ur corn will want to poo or wee on you just to be difficult lol. keep up the handling and all will be fine! enjoy ur corn.
Fordie
Fordie