>>Anyway, he posted that he handled each of his snakes every day for two minutes. I got the impression that he did this to keep them all used to being handled. I thought this was a good idea because I have a black rat that's pretty mean, and I thought it might calm him down. However, the only noticable result has turned out to be that my black rat is more willing than ever to attack me. Am I just stressing him by doing this, or am I doing something wrong? All I do is open the top, take the animal out immediately, hold him for two minutes, and put him back. The guy who said he did that - I believe it was Darin Chapell though I could be mistaken - seemed to be having much better results than I am.



I doubt it was a strict TWO MINUTES it was probably more like a couple or a few, meaning anywhere from a couple to minutes to five or ten minutes.
I think it depends on each snake.
I handle each of my snakes as often as possible. Probably at least every other day. With some it is just get them out, hold them for a couple of minutes and put them back. A few are a little more hyper so I will hold them until they calm down.
With your black rat the best thing to do is handle it until it calms down and a few minutes longer.
If you are worried you are stressing it do this every other day instead of every day.
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