Rob,

I've been keeping Hondos for 20 years and your information on the disposition of babies is correct. I don't handle them at all (except for cage cleaning) until they get to be about 2 feet long. At that point some calm down, while others need a little more time - but in my experience they are all very easy to handle when they reach adulthood.

I've known of more than one person who has had a baby injure itself because the snake whipped around while being handled. Strangely it seems that some of the morphs are more calm as babies that normal Hondos. I've had several people tell me this and have experienced it myself.

Hondurans are great snakes, despite their unhandle-ability as babies

Tim

Third Eye

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• Question about Honduran behavior - Rob Lewis, Sat Feb 2 07:43:23 2008
• RE: Question about Honduran behavior - antr1, Sat Feb 2 08:49:58 2008
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• Hey Joe... - cn013, Sat Feb 2 11:23:03 2008
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• RE: Question about Honduran behavior - tspuckler, Sat Feb 2 10:29:35 2008
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• Take the plunge Rob.You won't regret it. - shannon brown, Sat Feb 2 12:40:26 2008
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• Shannon.... - CFlowers, Sun Feb 3 12:54:48 2008
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• Amazing!!! - waspinator421, Sat Feb 2 16:10:41 2008
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• Stop it! Stop it! Stop it! - mrkent, Sat Feb 2 21:08:59 2008
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• RE: Take the plunge Rob.You won't regret it. - latin1956, Sat Feb 2 21:32:50 2008
• RE: Take the plunge Rob.You won't regret it. - shannon brown, Sun Feb 3 11:11:01 2008
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• Thanks to everyone.....more - Rob Lewis, Sat Feb 2 20:21:52 2008