we have had "slinky" for almost a month now and she is still really jumpy and rattles her tail when we try to get her out of her tank even musks. if we hold her say once a day would this help? we wanted to give her time to adjust to the house before we held her but now she is just plain mean i dunno what to do we wanted a snake we could hold but it isnt looking like she wants to be anywhere near us any ideas?
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Erica
my zoo includes:
1 ball python "chloe"
1 sucata tort "tinkerbell"
1 C.A king "slinky"
1 x mas corn"penny"
2 cats "olivia and v"
4 monster kids Matt,Amber,Zach,Jake
1 on way
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mean cali king
cbluefairy
Mar 21, 2004 08:26 AM
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Steve_Craig
Mar 21, 2004 09:04 AM
If you've had her about a month, then by all means, hold her every day, other then after feeding. Give her a couple of days rest, for digestion, then go right back to handling everyday, for short sessions at a time. If she musk you, bites, rattles, etc. keep holding until she becomes calm, or somewhat calm in your hand. After a few minutes of good behavior, place her back in the enclousure. You don't want to place her right back in after being bitten or musked, because this will associate biting/musking as getting her way, which in this case means, being let go. Most kings take no time at all to calm down. Sometimes you will get that rare individual that like to be stubborn. Take care,
Steve
