One other thing that is my opinion based on my experience. I've never heard anyone else mention this so others might disagree. If you have ever watched Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer, he talks about calm assertive energy.

I used to very nervous handling my jungle carpet python, I really didn't want to take a bite anywhere, especially to the face. I was nervous and I think the snake picked up on that energy. It seems if you expect a bite, you will probably get one. I was trying to control how much of her head in I let out so it couldn't come back and bite me in the face. I didn't trust the snake, so she didn't trust me. I had nervous energy and that made her nervous.

Now I just calmly and assertively reach in and pick her up and place her right over my shoulder, I'm relaxed and enjoy the experience and start petting her and firmly patting her body as she uses me as her warm, human tree. She hasn't bit me in about 2 years and before she bit me just about everytime I picked her up for about a year and a half.

Now part of it I'm sure is that as neonates they are more nippy and with her greater size she is more confident and over time she has learned to trust me. Additionally, I'm sure that I'm more competent of a handler and read her better.

But I still believe they pick up on nervous energy and calm energy. I don't hesitate when picking her up and move with purpose. I try to relax my body and mind and put off the same energy as I do when I'm working with my dog.




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1.1 Jungle Carpet Python (both gorgeous)
1.1 Ball Python (normals)
2.3 hatchling ball python (normals)
1.1 Ball Python (het for albino)(gonna make my own albino)
2.1 Corn Snake (Okeetee,Sunglow x Snow,Okeetee, )
0.0.1 Gray band Kingsnake (Blairs)
1.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.0 Andean Milksnake (het Inca phase)
1.0 Bullsnake (normal)(my garbage disposal snake)
1.1 Bullsnake (red bulls)
1.1 Black Pine Snake
1.1 Southern Snow Pine (red phase snow, snow)
1.1 Mexican Pine snake
1.1 Black Milk snake
1.0 Western Hognose (possible het albino)
1.1 Honduran Milksnake (het albino)
1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback (Hondo)
0.1 Spouse (WC)(hates the herps,and not real crazy about the dog)

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