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This is the first time I do this, and after reading everything
I can find I'm still not very clear on this.

The mother is probably going to be very aggresive, so how do you
get her out of the cage?

Will it be easier to remove her or remove the neonates?

Thanks for any advice...........tc

>>This is the first time I do this, and after reading everything
>>I can find I'm still not very clear on this.
>>
>>The mother is probably going to be very aggresive, so how do you
>>get her out of the cage?
>>
>>Will it be easier to remove her or remove the neonates?
>>
>>Thanks for any advice...........tc

The way I handled my female is I went an run a nice luke warm bath first!An then after getting nailed really good,I went an got one of the old lady's dish towels an tossed it over her head,an then got a hold of her an took her to the tub for a bath,an done the best that I could to get all of the after birth an what not off of her an put her in another enclosier an tossed her a rat[Not as large as what she was eating before she became gravid but larger than the ones she was eating while gravid!You will notice that she will still show some agresiveness for a couple of days but she will go back to herself!An then you can take care of the babies!Hope this helps,Others may have an easier way but thats how I done it!Eric[Hypoboa]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

-------DISH TOWEL? , shoot I cover her with a bath towel, and put her in another cage. Then I put the babies into some rubbermaidsso I can clean the mess.
I don't mess with the mother for at least 24 hours, and maybe longer. i had one in '04 stop having babies for 45 minutes, so I moved her. A couple of hours later she pushed out another. I'd give her a bath after a day or two, then a med sized meal.
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--aka DMOG68

I could NOT beleive how aggressive my two females were,esp my sweet girl, 16 yr old normal who was always the most tame snake... turned into a raving lunatic when she had babies! I use the top of a large rubbermaid as a shield, put this between the snake's head and the rest of the body (be careful, depending on how quick or smart the snake figures it out... the 16 yr old one realized the limit of the shield and kept snaking around the end trying to get me!) and using the other hand start pulling the snake's body out. Try to ignore the hissing and striking. You can try putting a towel over the head just be careful the snake doesn't grab it (pulling terry cloth out of a snake's teeth is very difficult, have to wait for them to drop it themselves). Once i have the body out usually they will try to go back into the cage, this is when I drop the shield and grab ahold behind the head to finish moving the snake into the temp tub.

It's also a good idea to have a helping hand. And make sure you have a tub or rubbermaid ready to put the female into once you take her out, if possible put right into water to wash off the baby smell and then clean out the cage really really well *the sides as well as the bottom* because if the female still smells the babies she will still try to defend them! My dad was shocked by what a protective mother a snake is.

Since it was the first time for me and seeing my 'tame' snakes turned into mosters it took some time, I would get shaking too much (well I am a girl haha) and have to come back after an hour to try again. I think after having gone thru it the one time it will be MUCH easier the next time! Kind of like a bite, the first bite is the worst.

good luck and be patient!

pic is one of the terrors from 2003... she loves to strike and has stayed very aggressive ever since giving birth.