BP Handling 101

There was a lot of conversation in this thread http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...lmost-2-months about how to handle snippy ball pythons. I finally managed to get my act together and shoot a small video.
It's not the best. I had framing issues as I was shooting myself. It was also unscripted and just my rambling thoughts on the matter, so take all that into consideration when you watch it. I think the info is good though, enjoy.

https://vimeo.com/154511650

Never tried linking a video here so I hope this works.

Best,

Dave

Fantastic job! I could have used this when I first got Miqula - I eventually just put a gardening glove on and gave her my hand to strike at while I picked her up - I did figure out to pick her up from behind. She declined to strike at the glove, and mellowed out as soon as I got her to eat - but this would have been a fantastic video to have to learn better ways of dealing with her striking.

Haha, my girls are like your guy at the end. Literally do not care and wont so much as ball up. Chill snakes are happy snakes!

Am I the only one that can't see the video... No link... :confusd:

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Originally Posted by Eric00

Am I the only one that can't see the video... No link... :confusd:

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Me too. Might be a phone thing though. Haven't tried from the computer

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Yup, was a phone thing. Works fine on a computer.

Great video Dave! I'm going to have my wife watch it when she gets home. We have a super pastel that can be quick to strike. She could use the extra confidence knowing that I'm not just throwing caution to the wind when she sees me handle her.

Thanks for the positive feedback!

Dave

Great video.

It doesn't show up on my iPad either. :(