I tried to probe the rescued flordia king I got a while back and he utterly flipped out. Even when both my wife and myself were involved I was afraid he'd struggled enough to hurt himself (impale himself on a probe maybe). She took the head and forebody while I tried to restrain the posterior and probe...Chomper's usually really calm but DAMN that didn't go over well. Immediate musking, thrashing, etc. Any ideas on keeping him/her STILL?

I did take a picture:



not sure it turned out well enough, the plastic really got in the way of the shot. Can anyone tell from that?



THe lady's a friend of my wife. The snake she's holding is chomper


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• Restraining while probing - varanid, Wed May 5 15:21:07 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - ChristopherD, Wed May 5 15:38:43 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - ChristopherD, Wed May 5 15:41:45 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - KevinM, Wed May 5 16:27:03 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - venomousdave, Wed May 5 18:47:45 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - ssshane, Wed May 5 18:51:26 2010
• RE: Restraining while probing - varanid, Wed May 5 19:05:49 2010
• looking for mouse - varanid, Wed May 5 20:14:46 2010
• that's a female! n/p - DMong, Wed May 5 19:22:26 2010
• I agree. it is a female....and.. - Bluerosy, Wed May 5 21:20:41 2010
• RE: I agree. it is a female....and.. - varanid, Wed May 5 21:27:34 2010
• RE: I agree. it is a female....and.. - Bluerosy, Wed May 5 23:02:52 2010
• RE: I agree. it is a female....and.. - varanid, Wed May 5 23:31:40 2010
• RE: I agree. it is a female....and.. - Bluerosy, Thu May 6 00:59:23 2010
• RE: I agree. it is a female....and.. - varanid, Thu May 6 08:42:37 2010