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I cannot get my '06 Bumble to stop snapping at my hand when I enter his tub to pick him up. I have 10 other '06 babies that are in the same rack that are very docile and nonstressed. I was thinking about letting him hang around some other babies to calm him down but it seems like he is so vicious that he would snap at the other snakes. What should I do to stop him from biting me? Thanks for the advice.

The ones that bite like that are always great eaters! Seriously though he will grow out of it once he reaches 3-400 grams. Just the way some hatchlings are.

Yes that is true. He is a great eater. Hopefully he will grow out of this snapping phase. He is too pretty to be so vicious.

Seperate him into his own tub with his own little hide and leave him alone for a while!!

.....Its suprising people that have $5,000 snakes and don't know the basics on how to keep them or know what to do about a "bitty" snake???

Jason

I have him in his own separate tub with a small black hide. Why don't stop drinking hatorade as well.

If this were a swamp, he'd be an allihator.
Come on up, take the elehator.
He's got his PhD though, playa hata's degree.

I'm bored. Wish I had a bumblebee. Hopefully next year. Hey, at least he only bites and doesn't sting.

I have read that the best way to get a snake to stop biting or snapping is to ignore that it is striking you. As long as he is still eating well, handle him for the same time as your other snakes, about fifteen minutes a day leave him along two-three days after eating and if he bites you, don't pull away or flinch, just let him get his mouth off of you and continue to pick him up and handle him calmly and gently. You will have to accept the fact that he may never chill out, but he probably will once he gets bigger and feels less like prey. The more nervous and panic-y you are the more nervous an animal will be around you because predators that want to eat them act twitchy and nervous. I try to just take a minute to slow down and calm myslef down before i interact with my snakes so they don't feel threatened when I invade their home. You may want to call the breeder you got him or his parent from and ask them if they have any advice. i have found that good breeders are happy to help with just about any questions I have!
good luck.

wow you need to come tell about two dozen of our adult breeder females that they were supposed to outgrow the biting stage of life. These females have to get the middle tubs in their racks because if they are in the top they will nail you in the face if you even start to pull their tubs out.

To get a snake that doesn't bite it takes lot's of gentle handling, plenty of food and for the snake not to be a mean a$$ or for it to just be a panzy, either way works except the panzy snakes tend to not eat that great because they are scared of the dang rats.

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Josh & Krysty Hutto
J&K Reptiles

Various Ball Pythons:::

1.0 striped vanilla
1.2 Citrus Ghost and hets
1.2 Albino and hets
2.3 het Pied
1.1 Pastel (male has additional gene going on with him)
a bunch of female holdbacks and several rescue normal males

0.1 columbian boa, she's a feeding monster, controls my
over production of rats, lol
0.1 brazilian rainbow boa, another rat eating monster
1.1 corns

a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

Putting him in with other ball pythons will only add to his aggravation, I would keep him alone. As others said, sometimes they will grow out of it, sometimes they won't.

One thing that I have found to be true, even with evil snakes, is that consisten schedule and handling helps. He may never be friendly, but may calm down and tolerate handling for cage removal, cleaning and so on. Younger snakes can be more defensive to protect themselves. Hopefully with size and age he will grow more confident and calm down a bit.

No idea how long you've had him, but I would leave him alone for a month or so and let him adjust to his new setup. Offer meals on a consistent schedule and just leave him beeeeeee as much as possible.
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Morph Evolutions
www.morphevolutions.com

One thing that may help you is to find out wy he is srikeing , Is it a feeding responce or a definceve one . Try getting a bucket of ice and water and dip your hand in it untill you hand is really cold and then try to pick him up , if he strikes it is a defenceve one and if not it is a feeding responce. There is a lot of good advice in some of the other post but one other thing is you may try feeding him in a diferent cage or box or emty tub ,some times they think when you pull there tub out it is feeding time and if he lerns that he has to go to a specel place to feed he may stop hitting every time you pull his tub.Or you mite try putting something with your sent on it in his tube so he thinks of that sent as safety or comfert. Just some things I have done over the years and it may or may not work with him I have had good responce from all of them at one time or another David

That is what bees do .. They have spider in them. My bees are nuts too, i love them that way they eat everytime.