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RE: nasty ball python??

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Posted by: jeff7777 at Fri Aug 11 19:16:59 2006   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jeff7777 ]  
   

what i have done in that situation is get the snake used to touch for a while before picking it up. slowly go in there and stroke the snakes body slowly and gently. doing this a few days in a row gets it used to the fact that you are not going to hurt it.



if it is in strike position, i flatten my hand (like the "stop" command) and slowly proceed forward and touch the top of its head.



there are different variations of this, but one thing i always do the same is: if it hisses, i make sure i continue contact to condition him that hissing doesnt work.



mine settled down in a very short time. before i got it, he had almost no contact from the breeder and was not used to handling.



hope this helps...



my 2 cents
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1.0 ball python "wolfgang"

   

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