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Training Time "Tips Needed"

Pet Corn Snake

Pet Corn Snake

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Hello Guys!​

Welcome To my "Training Thread"​


Damien Is Getting his own Way TOO Much With me! I Intend on Training Him To Handle Better, Here I Will post Weekly Updates, Not For Each Day of Every Week, but Just a Summary Of each Week as a Whole.. I intend on Handling Damien 2+ Time's a day, for about 10-30 Min's, I Intend to Do What I NEED To Do, E.G If i feel he does not want to come out, However I want him out, I will not let him show me them (Sad eyes) i will just get in there and grab him, if that means Getting bit, then So be it! Damien is a loverly Snake, and after this Training i hope he will be Alot better when it comes to handling him!

Last night he refused a feed, so i will be trying again tomorrow, and i will wait till his Shed "due soon" until then i will post General Update on him, I cannot edit my Posts, So you will have to Look right through this Thread For Updates, All Comments/Suggestions are Welcome.. Flame Wars Are not.. If anyone has a Disagreement, Take it To the Pm..


I think that Covers Everything : )

Thank you : )
 
LOL! I admire your persistence. Certainly regular, gentle handling is the best way to convince young Damien that you really are a good guy.

However, the best thing you can learn about training a Corn Snake is... they can't be trained! Sometimes we just have to adapt to them, rather than the other way round. Most will become used to being handled over time - could take weeks, could take months. But you need to be aware that some never get used to it and will become stressed and ill if you try and force them.

Your plan is a great way to make friends, but remember also to "listen" to Damien. While he's shedding or refusing food, it's best to leave him in peace. A good pointer to being stressed is refusal to eat, so if you see that habit setting in, the first thing you should do is ease off the handling regime.

All the best with your campaign - I look forward to reading your updates and I'm sure you and Damien will be mates in no time.
 
I'm hoping that your 2+ daily handling sessions don't stress him out and result in the opposite of your goal. That's a lot of handling. I think a single session a day, except for the three days after feeding, would be sufficient. Also remember that snakes have different "personalities" or "attitudes". Most of my snakes don't get handled except on the way to and from the feeding tub, and the occasional photo session. Despite this, most of them are fairly mellow. I have a male sunkissed that was nasty for a long time, and then he was ok for many months. I guess he was lulling me into a false sense of security, because he bit me last night. You can't forget that a snake will be a snake. They really aren't domesticated.

But they're capable of acclimation and some degree of conditioning (it seems), so good luck! :)
 
bitsy said:
LOL! I admire your persistence. Certainly regular, gentle handling is the best way to convince young Damien that you really are a good guy.

However, the best thing you can learn about training a Corn Snake is... they can't be trained! Sometimes we just have to adapt to them, rather than the other way round. Most will become used to being handled over time - could take weeks, could take months. But you need to be aware that some never get used to it and will become stressed and ill if you try and force them.

Your plan is a great way to make friends, but remember also to "listen" to Damien. While he's shedding or refusing food, it's best to leave him in peace. A good pointer to being stressed is refusal to eat, so if you see that habit setting in, the first thing you should do is ease off the handling regime.

All the best with your campaign - I look forward to reading your updates and I'm sure you and Damien will be mates in no time.
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Thank you, TBH he was used to handling at one point but then my new baby brother come along, and i didnt handle damien as much encase i give the baby jerms, i clean my hands with some special soap now though : ) Just got to remember not to put my "clean" hands near Damien, he hates soap :p
 
Roy Munson said:
I'm hoping that your 2+ daily handling sessions don't stress him out and result in the opposite of your goal. That's a lot of handling. I think a single session a day, except for the three days after feeding, would be sufficient. Also remember that snakes have different "personalities" or "attitudes". Most of my snakes don't get handled except on the way to and from the feeding tub, and the occasional photo session. Despite this, most of them are fairly mellow. I have a male sunkissed that was nasty for a long time, and then he was ok for many months. I guess he was lulling me into a false sense of security, because he bit me last night. You can't forget that a snake will be a snake. They really aren't domesticated.

But they're capable of acclimation and some degree of conditioning (it seems), so good luck! :)
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Thanks : ) I will try the once a day, i dont want to stress him in anyway..
And i'm sorry to hear that you got "tricked" by your little fella :p Did it hurt?
 
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