So I have this small yearling vanishing pattern sinaloan milk. Got him from a reptile store. Yes, I trust the owner of this store. He got the snake from someone he knew who just wasnt' able to feed him very often. I go to his store to just look sometimes and this little guy is just a pretty thing I had to buy him.



"Spot" is eating and shed since I've had him. My concern is Spot is such a spaz when I handle him. He wants nothing better then to fling his tail at me. Poo in my hand, fling his head everywhere and just get away. Course I keep holding him and don't put him back in his 5 gallon tank (YES...thats plenty of room for him) untill he calms down.



He has hides, fake plant, water, light for warmth. I'm just concerned he will be like this all his life. I'm assuming its cause he hasn't been handled much. I do have a honduran milk.."Zorro"...that was a spaz when he was a baby but is great now. But with Spot being a small yearling will he eventually calm down??? How often should I be holding him? I do have other snakes and know not to handle them after feeding, in shed...etc. I'm just trying to get Spot used to handling him daily but is that to often?



I don't regret getting him. Guess I'm just not used to a snake being such a jumpy little thing.



Well, guess I've babbled on long enough. Thanks for any replies and just letting me vent.

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