I've been working with Pueblans for quite some time and can tell you that while adults are less skittish than babies, they don't really seem to enjoy being handled. On the other hand, adult Hondurans and Nelson's Milksnakes are as tame as a corn snake and in some cases appear to "like" being handled. There's always exceptions to the "rules," though.



I tend to not recreationally handle baby snakes at all - there's plenty of time for that once they reach 6 to 9 months of age and are accustomed to their surroundings. Baby Hondurans are legendary for thrashing around and biting, but simply by leaving them alone (rather than trying to "break them in" ) results in a calm snake once they approach a year or so in age.



Tim

Third Eye

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• Taming a pueblan - johnthebaptist, Fri Dec 3 13:52:27 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - KevinM, Fri Dec 3 14:52:56 2010
• Simple answer: No. - Sunherp, Fri Dec 3 16:02:42 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - markg, Fri Dec 3 16:05:35 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - JKruse, Fri Dec 3 22:39:13 2010
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• RE: Taming a pueblan - tspuckler, Sat Dec 4 09:04:59 2010
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• RE: exactly!....... - DMong, Mon Dec 6 13:31:46 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - mikefedzen, Sat Dec 4 13:55:00 2010
• RE: Taming a pueblan - mingdurga, Mon Dec 6 09:26:29 2010
• LOL!! - DMong, Mon Dec 6 10:51:35 2010