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Another shot at neonate behavior

aetienne May 27, 2005 11:03 PM

I have several young, under 180g, Suriname’s who are usually a charm to handle. But from time to time they will get down right nasty. With one I just left him alone until he came on top of the newspaper substrate I use; then he was great. With another I handled anyway only to be struck at for several days in a row now. Prior to this, this boa was down right friendly. Does my reaction to their behavior have any effect on it? Is this just neonate behavior? All of my larger boa's have never shown any aggressive behavior. I have eight boa's in total and have only been at it a few months.

Thanks for the insight - Al

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srsnakes May 27, 2005 11:23 PM

LOL... well Al don't get discouraged, the fact is that Suri's can be aggressive, but all babies can be seeming as you are a huge animal coming and lifting them off the ground, but the more you work with them the more they will relax in your handling. It just takes time and energy. So buy some nice welding gloves and get ready to take some hits to get great calm animals in the future. Good luck.. Dont worry the blood dries quickly...

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