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sunkissed gone wild

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c0rn31ius

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I've had my sunkissed for about three weeks now. The first week she was very nippy and she'd snap at me whenever my hand went into the cage but the past two weeks she has calmed down greatly. I was able to pick her up and handle her and she would move very slowly with no signs of agression or stress. Now that she finished her first shed shes back to her old self. Shes a lot more violent during feedings, to the point where she'll strike at the mice till she draws blood before eating them. Why all the sudden has she gone nuts on me?

I actually kind of like her sunkissed attitude, she has a lot more personality now.
 
c0rn31ius said:
I've had my sunkissed for about three weeks now. The first week she was very nippy and she'd snap at me whenever my hand went into the cage but the past two weeks she has calmed down greatly. I was able to pick her up and handle her and she would move very slowly with no signs of agression or stress. Now that she finished her first shed shes back to her old self. Shes a lot more violent during feedings, to the point where she'll strike at the mice till she draws blood before eating them. Why all the sudden has she gone nuts on me?

I actually kind of like her sunkissed attitude, she has a lot more personality now.
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Nothing abnormal for sunkissed hypos. They tend to be more fiesty than others.
 
I'm not sure how accurate that statement is. Its very true that alot of sunkissed corns happen to be "feisty" but I have a 1.1 pair that I've raised since hatcjing, and have never had any problems with them. As a matter of fact, they are probably some of the most calm and laid back of all my collection. Thats kind of stereo typing, and may be inadvertantly giving sunkisseds a bad name by saying that, which is so not what we want. Thats like the notion that all bloodreds are hard to start feeding. Yes, its a common fact that alot of them can be "finiky" but are still just as healthy and capable of starting good eating habits. I personally believe that it depends on the actual health of the snake, the environment they are in, and how they are cared for. This is my personal opinion but it is also backed up by animals in my collection (as well as others in collections other than my own) that have defied these stereotypes.

Corn31ius, from the sound of it, your sunkissed seems to be a little young. Even if she's not, since you've only had her for about 3 weeks, I'm not surprised she is a little defensive. Some corns can adjust easily and quickly, while some are just a little more apprehensive about change around them, and need a little longer to adjust.
 
Woooo-hah

I was breeding a pair of sunkissed okeetees this morning, and I have to say that the female was nice, but the male goes beserk every time I pick him up. He doesn't strike at me but he is a wiggler/escaper and takes awhile to calm down.
Granted having 100's of animals they don't get held much. I also have two regular okeetees (sisters named mary kate and ashliegh) that are het hypo that are extremely aggressive. They defend their cages at all cost, will strike/bite first ask questions later. Moving them back and forth for breeding is always exciting. WOOO-HAHHH
 
MAry-Beth is KoRny said:
Yeah, ignorance.
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Not at all. As I said, stereotypes exist for a reason and most will tell you that okeetees are overall more fiesty, and sunkissed okeetees are even more so.
 
It doesn't mean that it's a rule followed by all cases, it's just something that generally holds true. Hypo corns as a group are lighter than other corns, and caramel-related corns are "yellower" than other corns, and males have thicker tails than females, and men are taller than women. Those are all stereotypes that are not bad or based on ignorance. The word stereotype has gained a stigma because of the way they have been used by humans to oppress other humans, but not all stereotypes are bad or ignorant. :)
 
You're right.
There're some steriotypes that ARE based on ingorance, but the majority have a bit of truth in them. Just don't tell the woman I babysit for that I said that. She has told her son that my snakes will bite his fingers off and he's not allowed to touch them. :cry:
 
Mary Beth, I think you should politely correct that woman, or at least talk to her son yourself and let him know that while snakes can bite, they cannot "bite off your fingers". It's best he learns the truth early. And I know, easier said than done. Sigh. :shrugs:
 
MAry-Beth is KoRny said:
You're right.
There're some steriotypes that ARE based on ingorance, but the majority have a bit of truth in them. Just don't tell the woman I babysit for that I said that. She has told her son that my snakes will bite his fingers off and he's not allowed to touch them. :cry:
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LOL nice example.

You're afraid of the hatchling! Woo~oo~oo~oo! Woo~oo~oo~oo! Comin'ta'getcha! :grin01:
 
Yeah I had a talk with the boy, and his mom acted like she thought it was a good idea. A week later I asked him if he wanted to hold one of them (he'd held one before) and he told me his mom had told him that nonsence about biting his fingers off. I'm still really upset about it. This woman will come into my house, but she won't step away from the door because the snakes are right there in the living room.

And I am deathly afraid of spiders, but if I knew someone with a tarantula (sp?) and my daughter wanted to hold it I wouldn't have any problem with that. I just don't get it. :shrugs:
Now I'm repeating myself but it really upsets me. :headbang:
 
Have you tried handling your snake in front of the boy so he can see that it isn't vicious? If you spend time with him on his own, you could just sit with your snake for a while and eventually his curiosity will bring him to come over and want to touch / hold it.

I have a (adult) friend who was petrified of snakes. She refused to be in the same room as our snakes and said if we brought one near her she would kill it! She thought they were slimy and would bite. Anyway I just left her to it and went off to show the snakes to her boyfriend. She could hear us talking about them and he was asking questions and saying how cool they were etc and eventually she came in and had a look for her self.

In the end she touched it with her finger. She still won't hold a snake but it's progress and, although she's still somewhat wary of them, I think she kinda likes them now - at least from a distance (she was staying at my house, and when I came home from work one day she started telling me how my snake had been on on the branch, on the hide, digging in the substrate... lol she'd been stood next to the tank watching for hours!). She watched my king feed and was absolutely amazed.

I think that's just life - most people are afraid of what they don't know... Especially here in England, most people have never seen a snake (apart from at the zoo or something) and when you say snake to them they just think of venemous snakes and snakes from stupid films that like to eat people or something!
 
He hasn't ever acted scared of them, like I said he'd held one before. He used to touch them almost every time I bought one out too. That's why it shocked me so much when he told me what his mom said. After I calmed down a bit (didn't wanna open my mouth and yell at the KID, so I kept my mouth closed for a few min lol) I asked him if he'd ever been scared of the snakes and he said no. I asked him if he'd ever seen them try to bite me and he said no. Then I tried tapping sharon on the nose to see if I could get her to bite me (so he could see just how huge their teeth are :grin01: ) and I couldn't even MAKE her bite me!

I'm not sure how I could introduce them to the mother, she's asked me not to have them out when she comes, so if i did it that way she would just get angry. Guess I'll just keep working on the boy!
 
Good news, she seems to be back to her normal self.. I held her today and she seemed very calm, although she did buzz her tail for a second or too. I guess she was just cranky after her shed and decided to take her post "blues" out on me.
 
Joejr14 said:
Not at all. As I said, stereotypes exist for a reason and most will tell you that okeetees are overall more fiesty, and sunkissed okeetees are even more so.
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Yeah...my Reverse is CRAZY GO NUTS.
 
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