Trust me, by allowing the burmese to smell you first you will instantly identify yourself with the snake. The way to do it is to hold your hand under her thermal "radar", below her chin, until her tongue comes out and contacts your skin. Once an otherwise tame/docile burmese knows you are human it has no interest in any deffensive or aggressive behavior. Anyone that has owned one or two burmese but only works with hooks and shields might not know this. One needs to develop a working relationship with their snakes. Up close and personal is good. These snakes aren't as dumb as many herpers are led to believe and they do in fact understand the situation and what your role in it is. I have never once, in over 25 years of working with literally hundreds (not one or two) of burmese, seen a burmese get confused or go nuts once they have identified their owner. Try my method and see for yourself. The proof is, shall I say, in the pudding.









>>Thanks Joan. I'm just guessing it's part of a new scent on me that is freaking her out at first until she realizes its me.

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>>I just picked up the sport of recreational shooting. So maybe the lead on my clothes may be giving her a scent that is making her uneasy.

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>>I would never approach her to her face without making sure she knows it's me and not food. I always shield my hand from her face until I have atleast had some contact with her, and her body is party in my hand to take her out.

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>>Thanks for the info.

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>>Richard
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