Baby Balls.

Hey guys me..... Again... lol. must be getting tired of me yet? lol Well i have another question.... When the baby balls are born... can i handle them? like hold them and stuff? or do i need to wait to touch them and stuff? Thanks!

I'm no expert in this by any means but i would say treat them like you would a newly bought snake. Put them in there new habitat and wait a week.

Once they shed and are removed from the incubator and placed in their individual tubs, I only handle them to change their paper, until they have had a few meals.

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Originally Posted by LeahMichelle

Hey guys me..... Again... lol. must be getting tired of me yet? lol Well i have another question.... When the baby balls are born... can i handle them? like hold them and stuff? or do i need to wait to touch them and stuff? Thanks!

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"can you handle them" yes. "should you handle them" no

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Originally Posted by rickyRRE

"can you handle them" yes. "should you handle them" no

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lol, yep, can but shouldn't would be a really good answer.

I don't handle hatchlings other than cleaning tubs until after they eat at least 4-5 meals.
You want them to remain feisty during that time and handling them tends to tame them down and can cause them to not want to start eating.
Doesn't mean it will happen but at this early stage you don't want to take chances IMO.

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Originally Posted by snakesRkewl

lol, yep, can but shouldn't would be a really good answer.

I don't handle hatchlings other than cleaning tubs until after they eat at least 4-5 meals.
You want them to remain feisty during that time and handling them tends to tame them down and can cause them to not want to start eating.
Doesn't mean it will happen but at this early stage you don't want to take chances IMO.

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So i can't touch them or anything for a month?! or like what is 4-5 meals? is that in a week or once a week? lol i want to make sure i do this right and i only have a week left to get all the info i can get!