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Crawling up a sleeve

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SaulsMom

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When animals are young, there's a tendency to let them do something that's cute, only to regret it years later when that animal's at its full size and strength. So I guess I'm trying to figure out if this is a problem.

When Saul holds out young corn, Cloudy Sky, mostly the snake goes from hand to hand, or goes up his chest to sniff at Saul's neck. When I hold Cloudy Sky, he makes a beeline for my wrist, noses at my cuff and goes into my sleeve. He goes to my elbow, turns around and hangs out in the hammock of my sleeve, sometimes with his tail on my forearm, with his nose peeking out of my cuff. He'll stay in there, not moving, for quite a while.

When we bought Cloudy Sky, the clerk at East Bay Vivarium told Saul not to let the snake go into clothing, because he'd be likelier to escape. I can see his point.

On the grand scale of things, I can see that this is fairly minor, but generally, what are your thoughts about letting a snake do this? Other than the obvious "You don't have your hands on the snake, and he's more likely to escape", is there a problem with letting a young snake "get away" with this behavior?

Thanks,

SaulsMom
 
I would think that as long as you are keeping your eye on him the whole time there wouldn't be any problem with allowing him to do that. But I don't think I would be walking around with him in your sleeve. The only other problem I'd see in allowing him to do that as he grows is you may end up with a few stretched out sleeves.LOL
 
snakemom1961 said:
I would think that as long as you are keeping your eye on him the whole time there wouldn't be any problem with allowing him to do that. But I don't think I would be walking around with him in your sleeve.
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No, I don't. I'm stuck in my son's room with a snake up my sleeve. It's something of an odd sight.
snakemom1961 said:
The only other problem I'd see in allowing him to do that as he grows is you may end up with a few stretched out sleeves.LOL
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Yeah, I thought of that. And also, what's he going to do when winter is over and I go back to short sleeves?
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I've had small snakes and large snakes in my sleeves (and sometimes down my shirt and other various places - say no more :grin01: :sidestep:) and I've never had a problem with it. I wouldn't let a hatchling do it as they can sometimes slip out of the clothing without your noticing - I nearly lost Connor like this one time - he was in my sleeve, I couldn't feel him moving, and I looked down just in time to see his tail leaving my sleeve and his body on the bed! But I would say as long as you stay aware to what the animal is doing, I can't see there's much than can go wrong.
 
My Sammi Snake did that once...and I won't let it happen again. Simply because it was a royal pain in @$$ to get her out of there. When the snake gets bigger, I don't think you'll have to worry, as I doubt they could fit inside the cuff of the sleeve. But it's still too much of a pain to remove them from the sleeve for me to allow it.

just my $.02...Your mileage may vary...
 
You mean like this?

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Snakes like sleeves because they are warm and close fitting. I don't see the harm in it as long as you are always mindful of where the snake is. If you need to go somewhere, keep your hand on the snake, through your sleeve. And don't forget he's in there.
 
Now that is a cool pic. Is funny, I had my baby out tonight, and the first thing it did was crawl up to my elbow in my sweater. Is the first time it's done that. But then it's usually trying to run from me so for her to get that close to me was kinda neat...lol
 
BeckyG said:
You mean like this?

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Snakes like sleeves because they are warm and close fitting. I don't see the harm in it as long as you are always mindful of where the snake is. If you need to go somewhere, keep your hand on the snake, through your sleeve. And don't forget he's in there.
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Well...your sleeves are much baggier than mine, I must say ;). The only time my snake has gone in my sleeve I was wearing a sweatshirt, and the cuff made it a royal pain to get her out.

Now a housecoat or loose-fitting sleeve...might be a different story...
 
Yes, that is exactly what Cloudy Sky does. (He's very cute with just his nose peeking out.)

I am aware of where he is when he's in there--he seems very happy while he's in there. Quite warm and still. Good to know that I'm not setting the stage for some larger problem. (Had a friend once who trained their Shetland pony foal to put its front hooves on his shoulders. You can see where that one led to.)

SaulsMom
 
SaulsMom said:
Yes, that is exactly what Cloudy Sky does. (He's very cute with just his nose peeking out.)

I am aware of where he is when he's in there--he seems very happy while he's in there. Quite warm and still. Good to know that I'm not setting the stage for some larger problem. (Had a friend once who trained their Shetland pony foal to put its front hooves on his shoulders. You can see where that one led to.)

SaulsMom
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My baby whom we have had for about 3 months now STILL won't sit still for anything, she runs away when I take her out of the cage then just keeps crawling all over. I don't think she's been still for 2 seconds anytime I've had her out. I take her out almost every day. Other then the 2 days I don't handle her after she eats. I'm hoping one day she'll calm down enough to truly enjoy handling her.
 
Aslong as your really careful I dont see any harm in it, I let my snake do it whenever she wants to also. :cheers:
 
Hey..sorry to hijack this thread, but do you think it would be ok to make my snakes like a little hammock for their cage out of fleece or something like that? Seeing as how they seem to love to hang out in 'clothing hammocks', do you think they would use something like that?
 
TaraRose said:
Hey..sorry to hijack this thread, but do you think it would be ok to make my snakes like a little hammock for their cage out of fleece or something like that? Seeing as how they seem to love to hang out in 'clothing hammocks', do you think they would use something like that?
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I like the TP roll swing idea, but our screen top slides off, so it would get in the way as is. But I was eyeing a "small animal" fuzzy hammock the other day. Like a ferret hammock but teenier, and thinking that the snake might like it. (Guinea pigs love 'em.)

If they never use it, then you've got your answer, right?
 
I'd go with the TP roll. Easy to replace when they soil it. When he gets bigger, you can upgrade to a paper towel roll.
 
Alright..I was just wondering because I had birds and I bought my smaller parrot a 'happy hut' and he doesn't use it. I like the paper towel roll idea..will they potty in it??
 
Possibly, but not all that likely. They tend to go wherever they happen to be when the urge hits them. However, the movement of cruising tends to stimulate them to go, so they will most likely go somewhere next to the wall of the viv.

If you already have something and want to try it, by all means go ahead. My snakes all grew up with old aquarium ornaments for hides, until they got too big for them. I don't know how big your snake is or how big the happy hut is, but just remember, they like small tight spaces.
 
I say why not let him "hang out" in your sleeve, especially when he's bigger and you can feel his weight there. If he's happy in there, think of it like a baby sitting in your lap! It's a nice peaceful place to just snuggle with you. My only problem is trying to get mine out if he decideds to head up towards my armpit...#1 it tickles, and #2 I have to wait until he gets up there because I don't want to pull him out backwards for fear of him "catching" on the material or something. My daughter on the other hand, loves him to climb upwards and tickle her, she thinks it's hillarious! :roflmao:
 
I've had my corn, boa and ball in sleeves before (the boa being the hardest to "get out" since, well, she's a constrictor and likes to "hug"). I'm not too keen on it for my corn, but only because he's so small, I don't want to hurt him nor lose him. =)

But sleeves have got be perfect snake hide-a-ways...warm, soft, dark, close...all you need now is a water dish and a mouse!

Oh and the times my snakes have peed on me, it was never relaxing in my sleeve (thankfully) - although not to say it still wasn't a lot of "eewww".
 
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