>>Not maening to push the issue, but I have seven of the currently available books on corn snakes, and each one states two days as a minimum before handling.

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>>Is your technical reference from another older text or manual? I'd be interested to know who was dictating that it was ok to handle a snake after as little as 12 hours. I'm a newbie myself, so I'm tring to put together as much accurate information as possible and trying to filter out hearsay as I go along..







not meaning to create problems here but the books SUGGEST a certain amount of time between feeding and handling.

It is a good general suggestion, especially for newer owners to help take away a possible problem area but it is not a hard fast rule that must be followed to the hour.

When you get to know your snakes you can handle them when you feel it is appropriate.

The thing to remember is the closer to feeding time you handle them the more careful and observant you need to be and you should defintely limit the amount of handling time.

Don't get me wrong, I agree people should be reminded of the possible complications I just don't think it should be expressed as a hard, fast, must-be-obeyed rule.

You will find, in time, that there aren't very many hard fast rules when it comes to corn snake care. New ideas come about almost daily.

good idea to wait? Yes

absolutely necessary for the safety of your snake? not really unless there has been some problem such as regurgitation.

sorry, not meaning to step on toes here




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