Handling your BP?

So I know that you don't want to handle your BP for 48 hours after a meal and maybe not during a shed, but what other things do you do? How do you "handle" them? I've read no more than a hour per day. What about having your kids handle them how to you do that? You just run them through your hands, lay in your lap???? I'm curious!


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When i "handle" mine i usually just hold them some, let them explore on the floor a little (while being supervised of course) and let them sit in my lap and stuff like that. I just kinda read them and see what they want to do, some of them seem to enjoy being handled while others want to just explore and do their own thing. (and others just want to hide under the furniture :P)

I mostly don't handle my bps. My daughter holds hers, but mine only get messed with during cleanings and such.

What about with multiple kids? Do you give each one day or some amount of minutes? Can't imagine it would be good for your kids to try and pass back and forth.


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Originally Posted by Gomojoe

What about with multiple kids? Do you give each one day or some amount of minutes? Can't imagine it would be good for your kids to try and pass back and forth.

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It really just depends on the snake, if you have a really laid back BP i wouldn't see anything wrong with it. I have a 400ish g male that i pass around to my friends and stuff when i take him out for cleaning. He is the calmest most curious BP I have and i've never even worried about him being held. He seems to enjoy it actually.

Sometimes my kids pass him back and forth. Plus he's the snake I pull out when people want to hold one. He usually slithers thru hands or around their neck and up or down their arms. He's really the only bp I have that gets handled almost regularly. My lesser male gets some attention, but only because he's my favorite :P

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Originally Posted by heathers*bps

Sometimes my kids pass him back and forth. Plus he's the snake I pull out when people want to hold one. He usually slithers thru hands or around their neck and up or down their arms. He's really the only bp I have that gets handled almost regularly. My lesser male gets some attention, but only because he's my favorite :P

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And I would also like to add that it depends on the kids. If the kids are pretty calm, I wouldn't worry at all. However if you have wilder/younger kids. It could stress the snake out more.

IMO, as long as your snake is eating regularly, handling can be done more frequently. No more than around 30 min per handling session and no more than once a day. Figure out the other details and rules with your kids, I dont see the problem in passing it around as long as theyre being careful and not fighting over it. That being said, keep handling sessions shorter at first if youre a new snake owner, and try to get a feel for how your snake is reacting to handling. If she is balled up the entire time and keeping her head tucked away, might be a sign she doesnt like handling. If she likes to move around alot and explore, then she probably doesnt mind as much. Always keep the snake's desires a priority before you or your kids' and you will be fine.

Do you handle if it looks like they are shedding? If not for how long?


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Do you handle if it looks like they are shedding? If not for how long?


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Its recommended to leave them alone during the shedding process as they tend to get a little antsy.