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RE: Handling Milk Snakes

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Posted by: AaronBayer at Mon Mar 18 11:54:23 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by AaronBayer ]  
   

I hold all of my feeding snakes on a regualar basis. With some of the smaller snakes like milks and corns I usually leave them alone for 6 months to a year, but then start holding them all the time. With snakes that start out a little bigger I begin holding them as soon as they are eating well. As an example my argentine boas started out with quite an attitude as babies and I couldn't risk them getting bigger and still being strike happy since I have 3 kids, So they were held almost daily as soon as they had 3 meals down.

I've had a few nasty snakes over the years, a carpet python, wc tx rat, and a wc bull... all 3 were possessed but I put on gloves and held them once or twice a week for months and months until they eventually calmed down and would just hang out in my hands.

I've always viewed my snakes as something to be enjoyed/appreciated first, pets second, and breeding projects third (if ever). If I ever stop feeling that way, that's when I'll get out of the hobby.
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1.1 Argentine Boas
1.1 Dumerils Boas
1.1 Black Milk Snakes
2.3 California King Snakes
1.1 Nelsons Milk Snakes
2.2 Corn Snakes


   

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