my son is officially scared of my bp

i asked my son to hold him while i put more holes in his tub cause the humidity has been at 77 all day and he struck at my son but didnt get him..now he is scared to death of him..he told me to get rid of him..he never wants to touch it or be in the same room with him ever again...this sucks..i thought my son would be a snake lover..hopefully he will over come his fear..i kind of wish he would of tagged him so he could see that the bites dont hurt much and he has been through more pain when he split his lip in half or got 2nd degree burns on his hand..but hes not listening right now...

Well...imo you need to put your son in a tub and leave him there for a good long time. Only keeping his water dish full and feeding him once a week. In the meantime, you need to take your BP to baseball games and out for ice cream and always tell your BP things like "hey buddy, good job on your math test last week, I'm so proud of you"

Then after a month or so, do something really big, throw your BP a birthday party, invite over a bunch of other BP's and play pin the tail on the rat and have cake. Spend numerous nights reading your BP stories as you tuck him into your previous son's bed. (make sure you fluff his pillow!) Other than that, do other father son things together, as it definitely appears that your BP has fought his way to the top slot to be your favorite child.

Halloween will be epic, as you share your BP's collected candy between the two of you...

Then, at Christmas time, help your BP write a letter to Santa, hang lights on the tree and go Caroling. Christmas morning of course...should be HUGE.

Maybe after all these things are completed, your human son will realize that living in a tub sucks and be more participative.

That sucks. Give it time. Hopefully he'll get over it.

Luckily I've never had to deal with this with any of my kids. They've all been around snakes from the day they were born and don't look at them any different than they would a dog, cat, or fish.

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Originally Posted by melodyb1985

i kind of wish he would of tagged him so he could see that the bites dont hurt much

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I have to be honest, this made me laugh a little. But I agree. Usually after someone takes a bite or two they aren't worried about it anymore. My wife has actually been talking about intentionally getting bitten by some of the balls so she can get used to it and gain the confidence to handle some of the more temperamental species, like bloods.

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Originally Posted by Rawbbeh

Well...imo you need to put your son in a tub and leave him there for a good long time. Only keeping his water dish full and feeding him once a week. In the meantime, you need to take your BP to baseball games and out for ice cream and always tell your BP things like "hey buddy, good job on your math test last week, I'm so proud of you"

Then after a month or so, do something really big, throw your BP a birthday party, invite over a bunch of other BP's and play pin the tail on the rat and have cake. Spend numerous nights reading your BP stories as you tuck him into your previous son's bed. (make sure you fluff his pillow!) Other than that, do other father son things together, as it definitely appears that your BP has fought his way to the top slot to be your favorite child.

Halloween will be epic, as you share your BP's collected candy between the two of you...

Then, at Christmas time, help your BP write a letter to Santa, hang lights on the tree and go Caroling. Christmas morning of course...should be HUGE.

Maybe after all these things are completed, your human son will realize that living in a tub sucks and be more participative.

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I highly doubt living in a tub causes defensive strikes :rolleyes: to imply that is ridiculous.

OP, he'll get over it. Remind him that your snake is indeed a snake, and anything with teeth can bite.

he is probably a little young to understand how snakes react when they are scared. but hopefuly as he get's older it will all change and he will be into snakes

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Originally Posted by LGray23

I highly doubt living in a tub causes defensive strikes :rolleyes: to imply that is ridiculous.

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I dont think thats what he was implying.

thanks for the replies that were nice and made sence...for the others sorry you feel the need to be so whatever you wanna call it...i would use words im pretty sure i shouldnt be putting on here but anyways...my son has been around snakes sence he was 3 he is now 8 this is just the first time he had one strike...JKPCONSTRICTORS..i have tried to get mine to bite me so i can know how it feels and get over it when i try to feed him..but i have no luck...im pretty sure the reason he did strike was because he just got put in tub last night and realy hasnt had time to get use to it before i took him out to add more holes..and iv been trying to switch him to f/t so he hasnt eatin in about 2 weeks...hopefully he will take it tomorrow..but again thanks for the encouraging replies that he will hopefully get over it.

Im sure he'll get over his fear, I have used my snake to get alot of my family past thier fears and the 'stories' about them.

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Originally Posted by Ogre

I dont think thats what he was implying.

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That's what it sounded like to me, if not I apologize for not getting it....

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Originally Posted by LGray23

That's what it sounded like to me, if not I apologize for not getting it....

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I didnt post it so I really dont know.