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Handling after feeding...

Arson

Arson

NEEDS MORE COWBELL!
I have a new snow I got this past Wednesday. Today marked the 4th day I've had her and I handled her for the first time. She was a bit antsy, but seemed mostly calm. She didn't try to struck or anything. She coiled up when nervous a few times, but appeared mostly curious.

I also fed her for the first time. My question is this: How long after feeding her is it ok to begin handling her again? I'm want to begin handling her on a regular basis so she'll be accustomed to handling.

Also, is it generally a problem to handle her the short time it takes to transfer her from the feeding container back to her viv, or should I just kinda gently "dump" her out?

Thanks in advance.

David
 
It's best to wait a few days after it's eating to handle the snake again. Less likely chance of getting pooped on or having a :puke01: accident.

As for the putting the snake back from the feeding. If the container you feed in fits in the enclosure you could just tip the container so the snake can slide into the enclosure. If it doesn't fit you can tip the snake into your hand and put it back.
 
Thanks for the info guys. :)

I was curious because it seems that most everyone feeds their yearlings about once every 5 days. I was thinking if I had to wait too many days it would be feeding time again before I got a chance to handle her.

Anyone else have anything to add?
 
I feed my snake like two or three pinks on her lid and immediatly after she's eaten both mice (all the way so her mouth can close, which takes about two or three minutes), I just pick her up and put her back in her cage. If you have like thirty seconds of handling to transfer the snake, I really don't see much of a chance of regurgatation.
 
I know the rule of thumb is 48hours but I will routinely pick the snake up the next day and handle him for about a minute to a half-minute.
 
I will pick up my snakes right after feeding and place them back in their vivs....never had a pooping problem handling them the next day either!!!
 
yeah waiting 2 days after feeding is ok, but then you have the that he might poop on you (wich smells VERY bad by the way)

:awcrap:
 
Yea, there still is a chance of the snake pooping on you so you might just wait a few more days or run him/her under warm water first and let nature take it's process there instead of on you.
 
I handle my snakes every day I can, regardless of when they last fed. Unless there is an established issue with regurging, I do not hold to the 48 hr. "rule" that so many espouse. Just be careful when you handle them, because their stomachs are delicate and full, but beyond that, I see no reason not to handle an otherwise healthy snake the day after having been fed.

The longer you keep corns, the more you understand that the hard and fast rules you were told early on are neither hard, nor fast, nor rules. They are guidelines to encourage new keepers to understand that their animals have needs that have to be met. If an animal is a known regurger, yes, the 48 hr rule is a good way to try to overcome that, if it's stress related. But we simply do not have one pigeon-hole manner to care for corns, and we shouldn't try to make one, either, in my opinion.
 
All I can tell you is that after feeding my corn s/he burrows down and does not like to be disturbed for the next 2 days. S/he doesn't get nasty or mean, but is VERY disinterested in being handled. After that, S/he come up to poo on day three and we're back on track and s/he's just as friendly and curious as ever! :)
 
I agree that a lot of the rules must be looked at on an individual basis. I am like most of you in the fact that I hold my snakes whenever possible. I may be extra careful if they just fed, but that will not hold me back.
 
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