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Recovery of neglected animals

Jicin

Jicin

Corn love
I was just wondering if i might get my new snake from an animal shelter. Sure it's much nicer to just pick out the most beautifull snake at the next reptile fair but you have to wonder what happens to abandoned/mistreated snakes.

How would they recover from that. Would they always be 'weary' of humans due to maltreatmend? Or can they recover from that and would make great snakes? I see from my own snakes reactions to me get better and better each week. And i bet i can blow that relation with some mistreatment on my part.

First fair i went to (My only so far) there was one adult snake (99% were hatchlings) i really liked. There were only a handfull anyway. But that one came with 'bite guiranty'. I forgot to ask how the snake became that way. If it was either simply character or human error. If it were an mamel that would be all that was needed to make a choice. I have rarely met an animal that didn't react very good to me. On first sight and definately after beeing in my care for a while. A biting mamal would quickly become a great trustworthy pet for me. But a reptile? I don't know. So i passed.

So there my question. Can a snakes attititure really change from bad to good, even after a long time.
 
Sometimes. I have received some snakes from poelple who shouldn't have had to begin with in the first place. For example; this kid had a boa and he thought it was the funniest thing to put his hand on the tank because the snake would strike at his hand and hit the tank. Well, the poor snake's bottom lip/jaw was twisted under from it's teeth being stuck together from the hitting of the glass. Boy was that fun to undo. For the longest time you coulnd't go near the tank without her hitting the tank, but she has finally adjusted and understands that I'm just the bringer or rats, water, clean bedding and remover of old bedding.
 
God stories like that piss me of big time. What person is that that cannot grasp the fact that the snake hurts himself that way. What sort of an adult will become of that that finds pleasure in paining other living creatures?
Recently here in Holland there was a 9 year old boy who killed 2 guiny pics, 2 chicks and a rabbit. Either by drowing or just hurling them against a wall. He was handed over to his parents. Nothing more.
I wonder how old he get's before he finds out humans are a more thrilling subject.
 
I don't have much experience yet, but I wanted to relay a little story. I went to the Reptile 'store' that I bought all my corns from and there was a blizzard corn there that had been there for a while (at least a month) and hadn't sold like the others that 'got there' the same time she did. So I asked about her and they said that she was aggressive and that they couldn't pick her up without being bite. I thought "I like challenges", so I purchased her and brought her home.

I have now had her for 2 weeks, I handle her everyday and have not seen one bit of aggression (other than to her prey!) and have never been bitten. I guess what I'm getting at here is that it may be possible that a snake will act one way with one person, in one location, etc. and behave differently with another person, in another location, etc.

I do think also, that what you were saying makes sense. I do believe that once the animal has been around you for some time they will come to realize that you are not a threat and are there to take care of them. I also believe that animals are good judges of character! But that doesn't mean that you may not get bite as or before the trust develops. :eek1:

Just my 2 cents :spinner:
 
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