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New females a dog!

syschinslater

syschinslater

wishing more time for 8
(pun intended)
I never understood what people meant when they said their snake "rattled their tail at them." Well now i do! i just recieved two yearling silverqueen ghosts in the mail today, so it may just be b/c she's freaked out and pissed that i bothered her, lol. I also didnt know what musking was like, i also know! and i have to say, its not as bad as you all describe, maybe i didnt get it full fledged, lol.
Are these signs of biting in my near future? i can imagine a yearling bite would hurt much more than a hachling, which is all i'm used to, lol.
I took a few pics of her earlier and was handling her a small bit just for the pics, and she was fine, hmmmm....
Oh the male hasnt shown signs of meanness, yet, hehe. ;)

ps: the rattleing is actually quite interesting, and entertaining, but then also intimidating! haha :D
 
Its not meaness, its fright, she's just afraid of you. Many snakes I get act like that the first few days, it takes them awhile to feel comfortable with you. Then again, its just some of their personalities. Trust me, a bite from a yearling, or an adult even is no big deal, shocking more then anything. A cat scratch is worse, papercuts even. In the end, I'd much rather get bit then be musked.
 
scared you say? awww poor dear. Thanks for the advice, and i suppose in your preferance ive already gotten the worst part over with (getting musked) ;)
 
Yes, unless she is truely one of those corns out to get you, which then means the fun has just begun.
 
Was bit by my adult I've had 3 yrs now. Don't know how old she is exactly but she's probably about 5 yrs old now. She tagged me for the first time 2 months ago, was my fault cause she was still in hunt mode when I tried to put her back in her viv. Anyway to answer your question about the pain, there wasn't any, just startled me , and caused quite abit of bleeding for the pin size holes she left. Don't worry so much about the pain, there really isn't any.. Good luck with your new babies!
 
Thanks for the info!
Alright so i let the girl get used to her new home today, didnt bother her at all (today was a busy day anyways, school then teaching dance immediately afterwards), but i did take out the male and took a few snapshots, one thing lead to another and he started to get pretty rowdy (however u spell that) and i was trying to control him but then he struck me on my thumb lol, it honestly didnt hurt, just a tiny sting, and two TINY blood points. No biggi. But i suppose they are still in shock from the trip so they shall enjoy their rest for now :)
 
syschinslater said:
(pun intended)


ps: the rattleing is actually quite interesting, and entertaining, but then also intimidating! haha :D
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lol I think it's funny! Here's this little guy trying his hardest to be all bad and mean, but he looks so cute! Then you pick him up and he's like, "oh, I give up." and settles down. lol

- Christina
 
My Devil Worm is incorrigible- she's tail-rattled and musked every time-EVERY TIME- I've handled her. Seriously, Inez- you weigh 16 grams...

Nanci
 
My amel rattled his tail every time I took him out of his viv for the first month. Then he realized being picked up means he's going to the feeding tub, now he just gets excited when I pick him up. He even comes out when I open the top of the cage. I just think that's because he's a pig though. My snow rattled her tail at me once, the first time she constricted her dinner, I guess she was trying to scare me away, lol. Or she scared herself. :shrugs:
 
My little Ultramel is not a tail rattler, but she is a striker, even when she's too far away to reach you... I'd take the tail rattler any day :D
 
now both of them are rattleing their tails! last night was feeding time and i wasnt sure if i was going to be striked at or just rattled, well, i got them out carefully and spared being bit, hehe. I'm afraid of being musked, thats a pain in the butt to have to deal with everrrryyyytttiiimmmeee i say hello. :)
 
Rattling is when a snake rattles its tail in the substrate (bedding) and it sounds a bit like a rattlesnake.

Musking is (I think) when a snake makes a smelly,gooey liquid from it is vent to scare of predators.

Regards, Jazz
Whoops! George
Whoops! Shrap
 
Actually, they can rattle their tail _anywhere_- Inez rattles her tail on my hand and it's hilarious- like a teeny black worm, twitching. Oooh, scary. As I said, she always musks, and I just run her and my musked hand under the faucet. Consequently, she's not afraid of running water since she does it every day...

Choco sometimes tail rattles when I'm feeding him, and he'll musk if I pick him up out of a hide- if he wasn't already out. He's startled.

Zee always tail rattles when fed, never musks.

Maizey never does either, though she _will_ poop.

Addy puffs her body up, and spreads her "hood," and hisses mightily. She musks when I restrain her to assist-feed her- but never otherwise.

Nanci
 
Kaa actually musked me the other night when I gave him a kiss on the head..
I guess I'll never do that again.
 
Ooh- that happened to me too! I gave Choco a series of little kisses all along his back and he musked! He must have thought I'd suddenly gotten hungry for snake. I felt really badly, then. Now I limit myself to one kiss.

Nanci
 
Ya know... snakes can carry salmonella on their scales. They tend to "travel" in their fecal. Just a thought for the kiss and tellers :)
 
It's ok- I'm not licking him. And with everything I come in contact with daily at work: C diff, MRSA, TB, VRE, the "Super Bug" that I can't remember the name of but ends in "bactor"- gotta keep the immune system up.

Nanci

Don't you think, that with two torts, two turts, a toad and five snakes- I'm probably already colonized with salmonella?

PS- I'm a _good_, probably even _excellent_ handwasher.

You just have to restrict yourself to snakes that never poo- that's all.
 
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