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ArtInScales
at Wed Jul 30 10:08:43 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ArtInScales ]
I said if you are going to get bit by a burm it will be in the first 15 seconds and that burms and boas are completely different animals. Boas can be very trustworthly snakes it just seems to take more time than burms. Laura was talking about the swinging head thing that boas do, we have a sonoran boa that does the same thing but with her mouth wide open. That will get your attention.HaHa
Boas need to feel more secure, they need a big footprint. Puting one around your neck like you would a burm typically doesn't work unless they are completely tame. You need to cuddle a boa, make them feel secure by making sure the majority of their body is supported. Boas will revert back to the insecure behavior a lot faster than burms will. We have too many snakes for me to handle them all very often, I handle some more than others and some very little. I'm now paying for that mistake. Some of our boas that were very easy to handle are now doing the swinging head thing and are more hissy.
I don't believe in backing down from a snake. If you look into the cage and see that they are going into shed or you know they are full of food, they need to be left alone. If you open the cage door and they start hissing, closing the door is the wrong thing to do in my opinion. Maybe pulling them out of the cage isn't the right thing to do, but some kind of interaction needs to take place even if it's just a stroke or two. If you close the door to their cage everytime the do some you don't like you are only training them to do these things all the time.
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Ya'll are talking boas not burms - ArtInScales, Wed Jul 30 10:08:43 2008