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handling a new snake...

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llamabandit304

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Hi,
Okay, I just brought home my baby corn snake a few days ago and so far it's been great, but tonight when I went to pick him up he became really aggressive and struck at me, is this because he's hungry or am I doing something wrong? I'm relatively new to the snake world and I don't want to accidentally hurt him... please help!!!
thanks!
Jenny
 
That's normal. I've had mine for only a few weeks now and have had lots of bites. :) Your snake's scared to death, as any of us would be at the sight of a giant hand reaching for us. And babies are generally more flighty than adults, anyway, as they know they're rather low on the food chain at that age. Eventually, he'll get used to you and settle down.

People usually say to leave them for 3 days before trying anything. With mine, a week was a better length of time. I tried feeding him and handling him right after the 3-day window, and he freaked out and regurged.
 
It's a matter of your snakes personality. rushrulz apparently got a frisky one :grin01: Mine has never even tried to strike at me, and fed with no problem the day after he moved into his new home. As I said, it's all down to the snake. But keep trying, and if you feel it is nececary you can wear gloves, though you will hardly notice a hatchling bite. Just keep handling him, and hopefully he will calm down :)
 
Well, Severus was exploring the first day or two, but then he started spending more and more time in hiding. I should have taken that as a sign that he wasn't really ready to "deal" yet. And I'm sure this was all inspired by me pushing him too fast--he didn't want to come out and have to face the big annoying bipedal thing. :) Five days after his regurge, he came out and was quite literally climbing the walls. Of course, then that led to the tape situation...
 
Talking about snapping, mine did tried to snap at me. He's a 5ft matured albino corn, and he snapped real hard. Lucky he didn't use his teeth, he used his nose. Phew... Perhaps I've handled my gliders before this, so he striked. -_-"
 
My snake is wierd, my dad could be handling him and he hill be calm as anythin, then he'll hand him over to me and he will zoom around as if my hands were boiling hot, is my skin temperature a bit wierd for him or is it just him being a lil nutter? :shrugs:
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you are all saying about how your snake regurged as soon as you got them and everything, but i had my corn a couple months now, and he not regurgitated :puke01: (touch wood!!)
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Connor
1corn snake
1dog
2hamsters
 
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