2 minutes is not enough time in your case. If the snake is biting you within that 2 minute time frame, and you are putting it back into its enclosure after the 2 minutes, then you could be creating the problem. The snake may be associating him biting with getting put back into its enclosure. If that is what it wants, getting put back into its enclosure, then it will bite to get what it wants. I would handle longer than just 2 minutes, and not put the snake back into its enclosure until a few minutes after it has calmed down and no longer biting. I have a female black rat that was the same way. She would bite once pulled out of her enclosure, but I never put her back right after a bite or two. I would wait atleast 5 minutes after she calmed down to put her back. It has worked, as she has not bitten now in about 6 months. Still a little flighty, but no longer bites. Hope this helps.
Brian

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RATS
1.0 Corn snake "Warpath" (KY locale)
1.0 Black rat snake "Havok" (KY locale)
1.1 Black rat snakes "Reaper and Mystique" (MO locale)
1.0 Albino Black rat snake "Malakai" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Everglades rat snake "Deadpool" (Dwight Good stock)
0.1 Greenish rat snake "Rogue" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Yellow rat snake "Wolverine" (Dwight Good stock)
1.0 Grey rat snake "Punisher" (White oak phase)(Dwight Good stock)

RACERS
1.0 Eastern Yellow Belly racer "Nightcrawler" (MO locale)

KINGS
1.1 California king snake "Bandit and Moonstar" (Coastal phase)
1.0 Prairie king snake "Bishop" (KY locale)
0.1 Black king snake "Domino" (KY locale)
1.0 Desert Kingsnake "Gambit"
0.1 Florida Kingsnake

MILKS
0.0.1 Eastern Milk snake "Cable" (KY locale)
0.0.1 Eastern/Red milk intergrade "Omega Red" (KY locale)

BULLS/GOPHERS/PINES
0.1 Sonoran Gopher

Good luck and Happy Herping
Brian

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• The Two Minute Rule? - jtibbett, Sun Apr 24 14:20:22 2005
• Sorry, hit the wrong button - jtibbett, Sun Apr 24 14:28:27 2005
• It could be that..... - Hotshot, Sun Apr 24 15:14:29 2005
• Is it possible. . . - jtibbett, Sun Apr 24 22:37:43 2005
• RE: Sorry, hit the wrong button - draybar, Sun Apr 24 18:51:07 2005
• It could be - Dogbert0051, Sun Apr 24 21:55:00 2005
• RE: Sorry, hit the wrong button - jtibbett, Sun Apr 24 22:30:41 2005