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I need some advice. I have kept tons of snakes in the past. Here's a list: water snakes, ribon snakes, garter snakes, corn snakes, and black rat snakes. They were all very nice. Sure they would bite me once or twice when they were a baby, but that was it. After a week or two of staying with me they would calm down. Not one of my snakes was aggressive. That was until I bought a hatchling black corn snake. I have had him for two months and he has bitten me at least 20 times. Also whenever I walk by his terrarium and he sees me he gets up in a defense position. He makes him self bigger and somtimes he mocks a rattle snake. Does anyone have a cure. Or is my snake just possesed.

A lot of hatchlings are like this. I have a male motley that I got in Oct. like that. I took the advice of the best and just ignored the biting and refused to put him back till he chilled out. It is working. So that would be the "cure".
Of course there is always the possibility that he's just possessed! LOL

Don't put him back because he is biting you. By doing that you are teaching him that if he bites, then he gets to go home. You need to handle him at least once a day, I would't do more than 5-10 minutes, but just long enough to hold him until he somewhat calms down. I have a blue beauty - an asian ratsnake - and they are very agressive. thats what i had to do...just hold until it calms down.

Also, you can try putting on latex gloves when handling. the snakes dont like the taste of latex, so they will eventually decide not to bite it.
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I have an anery corn that does the same thing. I have 32 corns and the only one that does it is the anery.

I need some advice. I have kept tons of snakes in the past. Here's a list: water snakes, ribon snakes, garter snakes, corn snakes, and black rat snakes. They were all very nice. Sure they would bite me once or twice when they were a baby, but that was it. After a week or two of staying with me they would calm down. Not one of my snakes was aggressive. That was until I bought a hatchling black corn snake. I have had him for two months and he has bitten me at least 20 times. Also whenever I walk by his terrarium and he sees me he gets up in a defense position. He makes him self bigger and somtimes he mocks a rattle snake. Does anyone have a cure. Or is my snake just possesed.

Our reverse okeetee was the sweetest little baby and then for no reason started biting. Didn't really hurt but was the darndest thing and we didn't want it to get in the habit. Once we started handling him with leather goves we use for our monitor he quit biting fast. Guess he doesn't like the taste of leather. Still is really feisty but doesn't usually try to bite anymore, mostly just tries to get away. Will sometimes let us touch his head too which is amazing to me.

~Katie
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