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Here’s a question for those of you who have experience with Children’s pythons. I’ve got a pair that I’ve been raising since they hatched (Dec. ’11). Now, the reason I decided to work with these pythons is because of all the positive things I’ve read about them (mild temperament), and their very manageable size.
Now, I’ve been keeping snakes since I was a kid (the 80’s), and I realize that hatchlings can be a bit nippier, but my experience thus far with the Children’s pythons is that they are nonstop biting machines haha.
For instance, if I take the top off the cage, the female will literally come out of her hide, coil-up, and repeatedly strike at me. The male is slightly less aggressive, but tries to bite me any time I get within 8" or so. I’m wondering if this is common behavior for really small Children’s pythons (13" , or if there may be something in my husbandry that is triggering it. I have videos of it if anyone is curious what I’m talking about.
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Children's Python (Antaresia childreni) - SVS, Fri Feb 11 22:44:19 2011
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