My new snake arrived about a week ago. I left him alone for 5 days. He really has an attitude. I went to get him out to feed him, and he really started striking. He even struck at me thru the glass. Being the chicken I am, I have only handled him with some gloves on, and he continues to strike. Any suggestions? My other snake was so calm and just crawled around all over me from the beginning. This one is a pistol. :twoguns:
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Handling with gloves
- Thread starter suzanne
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MichaelBoyko
Me
I've gloved myself for fear of a strike... I guess I'm not a real corn snake keerper though because I've never been bitten by anything other than a neonate!
I feel yer pain. No one wants to get bit!
But... maybe... I should let it happen once, so I can feel seasoned, taking bites and still serving dinner.
I feel yer pain. No one wants to get bit!
But... maybe... I should let it happen once, so I can feel seasoned, taking bites and still serving dinner.
Drizzt80
Dakota Corns
I'll have to throw in that a lot of times it's not the bite that causes the reaction from humans, it's the speed of the action and the primal (?) idea that it's a snake doing the biting.
I've been bitten enough times by corns, pythons, boas, etc. to consider myself seasoned. Even thought the pain is minimal to non-existent, the heart still starts pumping and the adrenaline hits the system whenever it happens.
Suzanne, I would be one to encourage you to use the gloves if it makes you feel comfortable when handling your strikey snake. Typically they do in fact calm down when they realize it's no use. I have a male amel motley that's been 'strikey' for several months now. He's finally coming out of his habit of striking out the second his cage is opened, but has never bitten once he's being held out of the cage. And no, it's not related to feeding in the cage, as he was like this since day one before he'd ever been fed (was striking out of the deli cup . . . Thanks Rich!! :sidestep: ). Once you're comfortable with the situation, the gloves can come off, and you can 'practice' getting bit if you feel the need!
D80
I've been bitten enough times by corns, pythons, boas, etc. to consider myself seasoned. Even thought the pain is minimal to non-existent, the heart still starts pumping and the adrenaline hits the system whenever it happens.
Suzanne, I would be one to encourage you to use the gloves if it makes you feel comfortable when handling your strikey snake. Typically they do in fact calm down when they realize it's no use. I have a male amel motley that's been 'strikey' for several months now. He's finally coming out of his habit of striking out the second his cage is opened, but has never bitten once he's being held out of the cage. And no, it's not related to feeding in the cage, as he was like this since day one before he'd ever been fed (was striking out of the deli cup . . . Thanks Rich!! :sidestep: ). Once you're comfortable with the situation, the gloves can come off, and you can 'practice' getting bit if you feel the need!
D80
Heh don't feel bad. I used gloves for the first 2 days of handling my first corn after leaving him alone for about a week. He was mean too, flattening his head, rattling his tail etc. Then I decided to buck up and handled him without gloves. But that was the day he decided to stop being mean and he hasn't tried to strike at me since. I lucked out 
oldhand
New member
So your diabetic?
The gliders do pack a punch don't they? but imagine around 10,000 times less painfull, and that what acorn strike feels like. I've never had blood drawn from a corn (neonite or adult) but i have from a boa, but even the boa didn't hurt, just scratched as it pulled it's head backwards after realising i wasn't dinner .
The gliders do pack a punch don't they? but imagine around 10,000 times less painfull, and that what acorn strike feels like. I've never had blood drawn from a corn (neonite or adult) but i have from a boa, but even the boa didn't hurt, just scratched as it pulled it's head backwards after realising i wasn't dinner
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TrpnBils
22 is not enough snakes
suzanne said:
Sugar gliders!? Take a look at those teeth. I've never been bitten by a snake, but I've been bitten by more than my share of squirrels at work, and I can tell you that getting a bite from a corn will feel like nothing more than a love tap compared to your sugar gliders! Very cool animals by the way, feel free to email me a pic or two!
