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Hi all ive always been interested in chondros through pure fascination but reading through this forum i have realized this is not an animal to be taken lightly. Just wanted to know alot of you i read handle ur chondros during the day as they are nocturnal and obviously slower but what percentage are you likely to get bitten during the day rather than the night???. I have always wanted a chondro but im worried about handling when cleaning etc Basically how are they do i need to be worried or not as worried as i am LOL sorry really newb questions and not as understandable as i would have liked.Thankyou Gilbery007

One thing that's nice about Chondros is that they are an arboreal species. When you go in their enclosures to clean it out, you dont even have to mess with the snake most of the time. It will be perfectly content up on its perch and just watch you.

However, I handle mine and haven't ever had a problem. Some locales are more "nippy" than others... as well one snake is more "nippy' than another of the same type.

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Ok so being pythons they deliver some amount of toxin to the body can one kill??? And what is more dangerous a chondro or a Tokay gecko?Thankyou Gilbery007

There is no venom with any python species, they are constrictors and kill their prey by suffocation. Good thing too!! I couldn't imagine living without my green tree python family!!

I also have no problem at all cleaning any of my cages during the daytime while the snakes are napping. They'll often wake up, but even my most temperamental girl just keeps her eye on me and isn't bothered by us in her cage.

Most are fine for general handling during the day also.... I only have a couple that I trust completely at night time hours.

They are more "tricky" than some pythons, but I agree with many others that if you are willing to do a little bit more work in the preparation and setting up of a cage for a chondro, and if you do it right, these guys are actually quite easy to keep!

Thankyou all im sure u will see me floating around this forum but i spend alot of time in the Leopard Gecko forum. Thankyou again and i hope in the near future i can share some pics with u guys/gals.Gilbery007

Hi:

Chondros are like many other misunderstood snake species in that not all of the 'stories' you hear about them pertain to every single chondro.

There are chondros with positively nasty temperaments, chondros with pussy cat temperaments, and chondros whose temperaments fall somewhere in between those two extremes.

If you want a chondro that isn't going to bite you - ever - you might have trouble finding one. While there are chondros out there that are indeed very tame you have to remember that even tame chondros can - and do - bite occasionally. One of my 'very tame' chondros bit me last week while I was posing him for a photograph. I attribute it to startling the guy. He let go right away. Still, he was one of my supposedly 'tame' chondros.

If you house a chondro in an enclosure having a removable perch, you should be able to remove the chondro on its perch - during the day (wouldn't want to try that at night) - and, if the chondro is one of the so-called 'tame' ones, you should be ok. Even my nasty chondros can be handled (carefully) if left on the perch.

And at night I never attempt to handle them!

Good luck,

Stu

>>Hi all ive always been interested in chondros through pure fascination but reading through this forum i have realized this is not an animal to be taken lightly. Just wanted to know alot of you i read handle ur chondros during the day as they are nocturnal and obviously slower but what percentage are you likely to get bitten during the day rather than the night???. I have always wanted a chondro but im worried about handling when cleaning etc Basically how are they do i need to be worried or not as worried as i am LOL sorry really newb questions and not as understandable as i would have liked.Thankyou Gilbery007

I applaud your qwuest for knowledge before you attempt to get one I would just caution you this. Do you have any snake experience? Not that you wouldn't be fully capable of taking perfectly good care of a Chondro. I feel a little protective, considering you had thought that PYTHONS in general were venomous. Please do all the research and learn all that you can. Chondros are wonderful snakes but are not generally for either the beginner or the inexperienced.

Please don't think I am being harsh or condiscending I (as we all I assume)want to ensure that all the animals we care for are in good hands. This is why we are here and share the advice we have, so that those who are new can learn in a constructive place with vast knowledge and experience.
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