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    How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Well i got of my 2 new 08 female bees about 2 weeks ago feed them twice but evertime i go in to pick them up there bodys are all arched back to strike if i come near any suggestions? are they to big now to tame

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Get a water bottle or something to lightly touch them on their heads to snap them out of it, and then pick them up. Sounds to me like they are more frightened than aggressive.

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    just pick them up. there bites don't hurt. they will eventually get used to you holding them.

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    I have never met an aggressive snake.. (well, I'd almost call a couple pissy cottonmouths I have stumbled upon to be aggressive), just remember that your snake is DEFENSIVE.

    I realize it might just seem to be arguing semantics, but it's an important distinction for understanding what your BP is thinking, and how to deal with it so you can handle your pet without being tagged.

    If they are giving you some defensive strikes when you try to handle them, they feel threatened. You're a big ugly creature to them, sticking appendages near their bodies. They are small and still quite young for their species, inundated with instinctual responses to possible threats.

    The key is to get them to feel safe and secure. The first and foremost key ingredient to this is good husbandry. Good caging, temps, humidity, tight enclosed hides, and housing both snakes individually rather than together are generic rules that are easily broken, and very likely to lead to stressed snakes that don't feel safe and secure.

    Secondly is to get them to feel that the "big ugly creature" they see regularly isn't there to eat them. This can take time. Regular handling , with gloves if you need it, is recommended. Frequent, short sessions are best. If the snake is bitey, the one thing to NOT do is jump, feel threatened yourself, and leave the snake alone. This teaches the snake that if it bites at you, it gets left alone, and only reinforces defensive striking.

    In handling jumpy/frightened snakes, I take a philosophical approach. "Be the tree". I do everything in my power to limit my movement to slow, predictable motions that won't scare the snake. I don't "hold" the snake, I make myself into climbing branches, or a "tree"

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Quote Originally Posted by mainbutter View Post
    In handling jumpy/frightened snakes, I take a philosophical approach. "Be the tree". I do everything in my power to limit my movement to slow, predictable motions that won't scare the snake. I don't "hold" the snake, I make myself into climbing branches, or a "tree"
    That sounds like "If you were a tree, what type of tree would you be?"

    Great advice, thanks!
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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    If they're 08's from a breeder then they probably weren't handled very much, that and a change in their environment so they feel insecure. Just treat them like any hatchling you would get. I would imagine they will likely calm down with time.
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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    if you are scare of the bite, use some leather gloves. (if you use ordinary cotton glove, if they bite, their teeth can get stuck to the cotton fibres, if leather, it will only leave marks & no stuck teeth etc) And handle them from there on. They will get use to your handling & you wont cause any harm, then the gloves can come off.
    as a bonus to them, after handling, give food. so they will respone to your handling as a pre-food treats.
    Good luck.

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Quote Originally Posted by EdShal View Post
    as a bonus to them, after handling, give food. so they will respone to your handling as a pre-food treats.
    Good luck.
    Has that worked for you? If I handle mine, and then try to feed them soon after, they have no interest in eating. They're still worked up from being handled. So conditioning like that wouldn't work for mine.

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
    Has that worked for you? If I handle mine, and then try to feed them soon after, they have no interest in eating. They're still worked up from being handled. So conditioning like that wouldn't work for mine.
    how it depends on how many days was his last feed. I usually handle all my balls before offering them a meal. But no rodent in room yet. once i brought the rodent in, and try to handle them.. i got tag. but its not all of them does this, just two. the other seem well behave..

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    Re: How to tame a Aggressiveeeeee BP

    Quote Originally Posted by EdShal View Post
    I usually handle all my balls before offering them a meal...
    Sorry Ed, you have made it to the completely out of context thread for that one......LMAO!!

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