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To hold or not to hold

kehkyle1

kehkyle1

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I fed my baby cornsnake on Monday this week and it has now been 48 hrs. I really want to hold her but she still has a bulge near her lower body. So my question is if I can hold her?
 
I'd pass until she does. I don't like getting those presents.
 
Just got one of those presents today, and that was 4 days after my little guys last meal. I was actually happy, as I was starting to get a little concerned about blockage or illness.
 
kehkyle1 said:
I'm a little scared to pick her up she goes into "S position" everytime I go to pick her up.
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Actually, unless she's in shed and really grumpy, the best thing you could do when she goes defensive, its pick her up. She's trying to scare you, and the more it works, the more she's going to do it every time you want to get her. Eventually she will learn you aren't going to eat her and she will calm down. Or not, some corns stay ornery "in cage" their whole lives, but are quite docile once out and about.
 
Nythain said:
Actually, unless she's in shed and really grumpy, the best thing you could do when she goes defensive, its pick her up. She's trying to scare you, and the more it works, the more she's going to do it every time you want to get her. Eventually she will learn you aren't going to eat her and she will calm down. Or not, some corns stay ornery "in cage" their whole lives, but are quite docile once out and about.
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I agree. My girl is always defensive when I go for her in her cage, it is a natural instinct to think that you are a predator and to make herself look as scary as possible. The more you handle her the more she will trust you. Once I have Scarlett in hand she is just fine and either totally calm in my hands or wants exercise, which is slithering from hand to hand.
 
lol, Sometimes I think my Tatu was switched at birth! She's one of those incredibly lazy snakes that you wouldn't think was alive until you poke her (I don't poke her, but you get the picture). She's the only one I've got that hasn't ever tried to scare me. Like ever. Apollo, on the other hand, was a ferocious monster that did nothing but puff up and continuously strike for almost a month before realizing that no one was afraid of a 10-inch long albino worm! Now he's almost as calm as Tatu (no one else can even come close to her laziness!) and never strikes or even looks up half of the time.
They all calm down eventually!

-- Kaifyre
 
yea my guy is about 11mo old now and he finally knows it's me. But, I use a 3 day rule on handling him after feeding.
 
Plus, I always approach him the same way everytime and thats buy rubbing his back for a little before picking him up. Now the little just arches his back like "Ahhhh" I love it when you scratch there. !!!!!
 
Kaifyre said:
lol, Sometimes I think my Tatu was switched at birth! She's one of those incredibly lazy snakes that you wouldn't think was alive until you poke her (I don't poke her, but you get the picture). She's the only one I've got that hasn't ever tried to scare me. Like ever. Apollo, on the other hand, was a ferocious monster that did nothing but puff up and continuously strike for almost a month before realizing that no one was afraid of a 10-inch long albino worm! Now he's almost as calm as Tatu (no one else can even come close to her laziness!) and never strikes or even looks up half of the time.
They all calm down eventually!

-- Kaifyre
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Little Plissken is the same way... He'll be chillin on his vine, won't move at all. I can open the viv, re-arrange around him, do whatever, and unless I actually touch him, he's just like "Whatever, I'm sleeping, leave me alone."

I get him out of his viv and it's a whole different story. He roams everywhere, sometimes too fast to keep an eye on. Very curious about the world, just lazy in his home (which I gather is a good thing, means he feels secure enough to just lounge about).
 
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