Thank you for that Happy Hillbilly.

I do understand the difference I just thought I would generallize it for the sake of the posts and just use the most simple definition of the word aggression.

But you brought up training snakes to being accustomed to you intruding into their domain AKA enclosure.

If I missed the answer to this I'm sorry but what are some good methods to training a burm into not recognising you as either predator or prey when opening the cage?

I think a few of you mention using a hook to let them know the difference. are there any other means or additional ways to add to this technique?

like i said before As far as boids go my only prior experince with them was with ball pythons and Boa constrictors. With them I never used hooks or tongs probably because they weren't very aggressive or defensive with me.

Also they weren't as large so I wasn't too cautious.

Since I'm going to be dealing with a much larger and more powerful constrictor I just want to do everything right for my sake and the burm's sake.

thank you all again for all the pointers and advice

and don't be afraid to tell me if I'm blowing this all out of proportion LOL (I feel I may be a bit)

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• aggression - osira, Tue Oct 7 00:13:50 2008
• RE: aggression - OKReptileRescue, Tue Oct 7 01:24:20 2008
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• RE: aggression - ThirdDimension, Wed Oct 8 10:14:47 2008
• RE: aggression - HappyHillbilly, Wed Oct 8 10:39:45 2008
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• About "Aggression" - HappyHillbilly, Thu Oct 9 08:55:08 2008
• RE: aggression - osira, Fri Oct 10 04:44:27 2008
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• RE: About "Aggression" - ThirdDimension, Sat Oct 11 19:17:29 2008
• RE: About "Aggression" - HappyHillbilly, Sun Oct 12 11:33:17 2008
• RE: About "Aggression" - HappyHillbilly, Sun Oct 12 11:44:19 2008
• RE: About "Aggression" - Osira, Wed Oct 15 16:06:47 2008