Some of my adults were the most aggressive snakes I've ever seen in my life...including mambas, cobras, etc.

I had an adult male out on the floor actually choose coming after me over an obvious escape route, this was the only time I've ever seen this in a snake. He actually chased me and grabbed the leg of my jeans and chewed like "take this you lousy so-and-so"

I had a very secure hide area and covered all of the glass on the cage but about 3" that I could peer in. Otherwise...he'd have torn his nose to the bone trying to kill me.

His mate, "lady-evil"...well, let's just say her personality is reflected in her name.

I thought they were fun animals...but, I completely gave up on trying to "tame" them. Some yt's can be very very calm.

But the "bad" ones are very tough to re-habilitate.
Get out the gloves and the snake hook!

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• Handling Y.T.'s without getting mauled! - jeanne, Wed Jun 29 11:47:39 2005
• RE: Handling Y.T.'s without getting mauled! - gila7150, Wed Jun 29 16:42:25 2005
• RE: Handling Y.T.'s without getting mauled! - minicopilot, Thu Jun 30 07:36:22 2005
• aggressive yt's - DeanAlessandrini, Tue Jul 5 11:11:41 2005
• RE: aggressive yt's - minicopilot, Tue Jul 5 11:20:08 2005