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CB here in the UK got this little fella 14 day's ago and is a little nutter.

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21 years in the hobbie/business.
in my personal collection at present;
1:2 p.m.molurus
1:4 chondro python viridis
1:1 dasypeltis medici
1:1 Geochelone Sulcata
had to cut down as i've moved back in with parent's

Congratulations on the dwarf. How old is he? Dwarf burms are neat snakes. Some can be quite mean, while others are quite docile. We have 7 dwarfs, our biggest is a 6 1/2 foot female that doesn't have a mean bone in her body until feeding time. We also have a wild caught male that was brought into the US as an adult. He has calmed down a lot in the two years we've had him as have all of our dwarfs.

Good luck, I'm sure you will enjoy him.
Randy
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

Thanks,
he is this years, he was fine when i first looked at him at the show where i bought him.
once i got him home put him in a tub to settle in and he got some wormth, now that's when it became fun

he was going nutt's trying to tag me the little so & so.
he was striking that hard his whole body was leaving the tub floor, i've been told he may take a couple of years to calm down ?

he has feed twice with no problem's (vid's on youtube)
and is even started calming down already and getting used to hook training.
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21 years in the hobbie/business.
in my personal collection at present;
1:0 Dwarf molurus bivittatus
1:2 p.m.molurus
1:4 chondro python viridis
1:1 dasypeltis medici
1:1 Geochelone Sulcata

Since yours is a baby he should calm down pretty quick. The adults take some time. Some tips we've learned, try to handle him at least one a week, but not every day until he is tame. They can get stressed out if you mess with them every day. Be mindful of your shadow, we have noticed that a shadow passing over their head will get their attention.

Basically they aren't mean snakes, they are defensive and scared. We have a pair of ch babies from last year, the female trembles for the first couple of minutes she is held and all she wants to do is go back to her cage.

Everyone says that dwarfs are "chainsaws". Maybe ours aren't as mean as others or maybe we have worked with ours more, I don't know. Ours would strike and/or musk everytime we handle them in the beginning. Now, all of them will let me handle them, at least enough to move them to another cage while we clean theirs. I wear gloves when I handle some of them, more for my piece of mind than protection, I've only been bit once by any of our dwarfs.

All in all dwarfs are some interesting snake. Our big girl (all 6 1/2 feet of her) has earned the name D.L.G.(Daddy's little girl). When I walk into the room she usually pops her head up and watches every move I make, but when my wife walks into the room she doesn't pay her any attention.

Keep us posted on your progress with him.

Randy
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com