No real difference in PRB's vs BRB's in the biting issue. Your current experience with your new PRB is likely affected by at least two or three factors....

Age of baby, even my nippiest litters calm down with normal care. I don't "handle" my babies, too many and too little time. Just the simple act of feeding and cleaning the cage gets them used to the big bad hand. You're PRB is already started by the breeder and is most likely much calmer than when born.

You're experience level is more than back in the 90's. I've seen it many times where I pull out a relatively calm baby and hand it to a more novice potential buyer and they get bit. Hand it back and calm again. They can sense your comfort level or maybe you know how to handle them better.....


Some litters/babies are just nippier than others



BTW, congrats on the Peruvian and pics are required here
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Thanks,


Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com



0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

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