A thing that might help you is to get a snake hook and hook her out of the cage instead of reaching in with the hand. The Hand looks like some sort of weird Hydra monster with multiple wriggling heads(fingers) and that is enough to scare any self respecting snake! LOL! The snake hook just looks like a twig and does not seem to evoke the same fight or flight response.





My 09's this last spring. The female is the one on the left. The male is a big baby, even liking to have human attention. But his sister was timid and hissy at first, but with consistent gentle handling she now also will eat from my fingers. ( I use tongs now though, as fingers do look sort of like small fuzzies!)



Your snakes are very young and will likely mellow out in time. I have a pair of 09 Pacific gopher snakes that were the hissiest little things, like little air hoses sputting and steaming, that have now become tame and easy to handle.



Them this fall.



Some snakes will always be holy terrors, but most can be tamed down with consistent gentle but firm handling. Good luck with your babies.


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Bob/Chris

Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

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