Nippy Okeetee

[surfrkidTS]

Well, i was going to take her outside and have some fun taking pictures... but she had other plans...

 

[Flygning]

Ouch! The little meanie ought to be more appreciative of fresh air.

 

[surfrkidTS]

intresting thing is, she was also fed 4 days ago, and she knows i feed every fifth day. All my snakes know how to count their days cuz on the fifth day they all come out and get ready for food. But, o well, it took a while to get her to disconnect from my arm

 

[Krenna]

wow that is something.. hope your okay, and the snake won't try again.

 

[LawrenceM]

Have you noticed that the Okeetee is generally more aggressive that other sub-species?

 

[surfrkidTS]

well, i have two okeetees and and amel, and the amel is significantly nicer, but it is possibly because they are in a different area of the house and i hold them a little bit less often (and they are younger)

 

[Simon]

LOL~
nice little bite marks~

but hey you've got a nice looking animal there~
I'd say a nice little price to pay~

 

[So Pirate55]

i cant speak for all okeetees but i can say that my little one is the nippiest of my snakes. I have a miami who seems like she is almost as "loving" as a dog or cat. It's really odd, considering she's a snake and all.

I hear caramels usually have a real layed back disposition

 

[surfrkidTS]

my amel also has an odd type of snuggling, but my okeetees are just the opposite

 

[Skye]

most of my okeetees are wonderful, but I have a couple of gorgeous okeetee hatchlings who were devils out of the egg. One is now a year old and has never failed to strike on every occasion I open her cage. I've got used to the bites (almost). She is the best looking, but I'm going to give in and sell her one day.

Skye

 

[Neumann]

As inspector Clouseau would say, "swein okeetee"! Since you're wearing leather gloves, I have to ask- is it common for that Okee to bite or be nippy ?

 

[surfrkidTS]

yah, i wear gloves whenever i handle my okeetees because usually (as shown in this case) it is necessary.

 

[LawrenceM]

Skye's Okeetee's

Hey Skye, how many Okeetees do you have and are the nippy ones from the same source as those that have better dispositions?

 

[So Pirate55]

okeetees are survivors. They're usually very good eaters and grow pretty bulky from those that i've seen. IMO, this has a lot to do with their dispositions and tendency to sometimes be high strung is linked with their durability.

 

[cranwill]

My two Love-Line Okeetees are the meanest corns I've ever had! lol

They only get to stay because of how nice they look.

See what I mean?

 

[Cindy]

How beautiful.....

 

[So Pirate55]

My two Love-Line Okeetees are the meanest corns I've ever had!

i know that feeling. I've got a fiesty lil fella' who someone has told him that he's a diamondback or something.

So we've established that okeetees can be a little nippy. What i want to know is, what is the most layed back corn you have? I'd have to say my miami.

 

[Missy]

my carolina corn in my avatar

 

[surfrkidTS]

my Amel. A good eater from the start, but also very fat and lazy =P

 

[Kastuvas]

Hehe I was wondering why my snake was soo unfriendly. Now I know its an Okeetee type, beautifull thou. Bit me twice as well. She is still 8 months old, maybe the attitudewill improve with more handling :/