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females vs males

jvbernard

jvbernard

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hi people, incase from the title you thought this was going to be a sexist topic...think again

i was just wondering what sex snakes people found had the best temperament. Reason being my Bother has 2 female snows(about 4 months old, @ 1ft), both have always been very easy to handle, tame and let people stroke their heads, but my male snow on the other hand, (7 months old, @ 2ft) has always seemed abit more difficult to handle i just wondered has anyone found the females easier to tend with or just depends on the snake itself
 
I'm not sure sex matters as I've had the opposite experience. I currently have eight corns, 3 males and 5 females. All were purchased as hatchlings, and have been raised with the same routine of regular, gentle handling.

My three adult males are all mellow and easy to handle. They've never so much as rattled a tail at me.

I also have two yearling females. One is standoffish and squirmy, and the other is just nasty, and tries to bite almost every time I handle her. They've both been this way from day one.

So far, all three of my 2006 females are calm, and easily handled.

I just realized that I may need to stay away from corns hatched in odd numbered years :grin01:
 
There is no real difference. You're going to get some males and females that will just be pushovers and not give a darn about being handled and others that are spawns of Satan.
 
two of my males seem to be less calm and harder to handle then my females, but my other one is easy to handle, so I guess it just depends on the particular snake.
 
blueapplepaste said:
There is no real difference. You're going to get some males and females that will just be pushovers and not give a darn about being handled and others that are spawns of Satan.
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lol :devil01:
 
I feel temperament might be linked more to heredity than gender. I've had feisty females that produced nippy babies and mellow females that produced easygoing offspring. I've had nice handleable snakes and evil flighty snakes of both genders. I also think the amount of handling they receive could be a factor. My two new serpenco adults want nothing to do with being handled, and my other serpenco female from the previous surplus adult sale was the same way at first but now she's gotten a lot better.
 
Can I please purchase one of your male Corn snakes

Hello my name is Ryan and I was wondering if you would love to sell one of your male Corn Snake.
 
Ryan123 - if you are really looking to buy a snake you should post in 'corn snakes wanted' section or check out 'corn snakes for sale' section.
 
She knew what you wanted, and it is highly unlikely she will sell a snake to someone who disregards such simple advice as which forum to post in.
 
I've dealt with all kinds of temperments with out near 50 critters and gender hasn't really played a part of it.

I've 3 male corns that I purchased from Kathy Love, 2 as yearlings or older and one as a hatchling and the two older ones are still really twitchy when it comes to handling them while the younger one has calmed down considerably. He bite both my husband and I the day we picked him up from FedEx.

Then we have one Abbot's Okeetee that we named Wolfenite (Wolfie for short) and she has been onery from day one. She doesn't strike at us anymore, but she still rattles her tail when she's moody.

I guess you can say that like four legged pets, snakes come with attitudes all their own and they are not afraid to use them!
 
Mixed bag for me... I have only one male at the moment and well... if he were a dog he'd be a chiuaua... he rattles his tail but never strikes... he's squirmy... he loves to tie knots in my hair... and I have a female whos shy and squirmy but if you approach her slowly she's fine... but she has struck at me... and then I have another female who is so mellow... I'm convinced you could swing her in circles over your head and she wouldn't care.
 
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