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Hello,

I am so excited. I finally received my first pair of banded gilas. Anyways, I was wondering what everyone here would suggest when talking about handling them. I obviously know that they aren't pets that should be handled, but I will still need to move and handle them from time to time to clean there cage and change there water. I will also need to inspect them from time to time just like my snakes. How do you guys handle or move your gilas when you need to clean cages, change water, etc? Do those kevlar heavy duty gloves work? Should I also get some tongs of some sort. Sorry for all the questions, but these are my first "hot" species in my collection. I also have 27 ball pythons and 6 boas. Hope someones responds.

HOOPY

I use heavy leather gloves. You probably won't get bit if you grab the animal behind the head, but if you did you should be able to take your hand out of the glove. Where in Minnesota are you, I'm in St.Cloud.