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Well, everytime i go to my room to check on Amon i seem to scare him as ...!
is it possible i don't handle him enough or is it something else?
but today it was different...a bit!he was laying on the rock under the bulb to heat up...when i came in, he ran into the pipe...but in a minute he came back outside but only with his head looking at me...i tried to give him some endive with my hand and he ran back in...minute later he was back outside...like he was curious or something...with bread worm in my hand he ate him in no time!
what should i do to convince him i'm not the bad guy...?
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1.0.0 Ball python (Oz)
0.0.1 Hardwicki Uro (Amon)
0.1.0 Black cat (Tomika)

n/p
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~*~.. Nikki ..~*~

Huntington (Long Island), New York

In my experiences, really it's just time. Over time they'll mellow out as much as they're going to. They are not typically sociable reptiles, not to say that they couldn't be. One of my males , Rocky, which is wild caught, came up and ate out of my hand the first day I had him. Needless to say, he doesn't really stress easily. That really helped when I had to force feed him for two weeks.

My other geyris, are the opposite. They would run and hide when entering the room every time. After a while, they mellowed out and I can actually put my hand in a touch or pick them up. However, they are very skiddish and afraid once the contact is made. Rocky will cling to my shirt, explore around the room, and not run from me when approached. He's actually quite trusting.

It's really very individualistic. Just try to balance handling and stressful things and eventually they'll get to where they're comfortable, but it may not be real sociable.
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2.1 - Rocky, Runako, and RoxyIII (my care sheets)

It's taken my uros about 4 months to learn that I am not going to eat them.
I started with not looking directly at them when I was in the room. (We have a predator's eyes after all.) Once they seemed comfortable with me being around and looking at them I began hand feeding them (they liked yellow things, like corn and yellow flower petals-- roses, dandelion, mustard, nasturtiums). I didn't ever handle them until after their heat lamp was off for an hour. Now they are okay with me picking them up at noon, and getting supplements with a syringe.
Good luck.
Benedita