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Ok.. for the past clutches i have had i just watched them hatched and didnt really interact at first. In a couple days i have another clutch about to hatch....what would they do if i was the first scent they smelled? like if i were to help them out of the egg and i was the very first thing for them to see or smell. Would they be nippy like most baby burms? yalls ideas plzz.

I have no "conclusive proof" that this has a positive effect on the babies except to say, that in my experience with hatching reptiles, and not just boids, and not just snakes either,.. that the offspring one hatches out allowing them to smell you do appear to "imprint" a greater recognition and a lesser fear overall than those that are not interacted with right away. So yes, in my opinion this is much better towards resulting in having tamer babies sooner.

>>Ok.. for the past clutches i have had i just watched them hatched and didnt really interact at first. In a couple days i have another clutch about to hatch....what would they do if i was the first scent they smelled? like if i were to help them out of the egg and i was the very first thing for them to see or smell. Would they be nippy like most baby burms? yalls ideas plzz.
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It isn't "Ideas" that fail or succeed,... it is the "Systems" which are instilled to launch and sustain the idea that either fail or succeed.>[Me.]

I'd trust Brians oppinion over just about anyones.
Even my own.
If he says it does , it prolly does.
I just didnt see any signs of it >myself<
But i'm wrong sometimes.
Seth Mason.

>>I'd trust Brians oppinion over just about anyones.
>>Even my own.
>>If he says it does , it prolly does.
>>I just didnt see any signs of it >myself<
>>But i'm wrong sometimes.
>>Seth Mason.
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It isn't "Ideas" that fail or succeed,... it is the "Systems" which are instilled to launch and sustain the idea that either fail or succeed.>[Me.]

I tryed this once.
Keep in mind it was only once. So it's hardly anything to be going by.
But , The day they started hatching , i put some of my old clothes in the fridge with them. And my hands where inside touching them as they peeked out.
I kept myself in there for a few hours making sure i got my smell everywhere.
I did that for a few days.
Then they all took turns biting me as i took them out.
And i didnt see any kind of "Family" attitude from the snakes.
The verry last one bit me on the thumb one last time when i sold him.
So , from my limited experence in the matter , i can kinda say , I dont think it helps to much.
But , i'm always finding out that i dont know as much as i think i do. So i could be wrong.
Brian or Rob might have more testing subjects then me , seeing as i do a clutch a year or so.
Seth Mason.