Introducing Genesis, Thai Bamboo ratsnake. O. p. coxi

She just arrived this morning. She is a 2014 and is very chill, for an O. p. coxi. Which is nice, my male Atari is also pretty chill, so gives us two adults that can be handled.

Peed in the bag on the way of course.

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Wow .. hope they stay calm for you !!

This is me getting ready to hold my Thai Red Bamboo Ratsnake :)

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Beautiful snake and species !!!

LOL! Yeah, my other current female is psycho, the only time she is calm is immediately after she's been bred or just laid eggs. At least that does make it easier to handle her at those times.
I had a sister to that one named River that was bipolar in temperament but unfortunately she passed away this winter.

Their hatchlings are also the only snake species, except maybe Amazon Tree boas, that I've worked with that are just downright mean, most all other snake "aggressiveness" is scared/defensive but I've had coxi babies calmly being held in my hands and very deliberately rear back, bite hard, look up at me to gauge the reaction, didn't jump, so then it carefully looks over the hand, chooses another likely spot and bam! And the little poop repeated that process many times. They are very easy to teach to bite too, you make the mistake of reacting to one and they will redouble their efforts for months afterwards. I wear nitrile gloves when handling the babies because I do have a hard time not reacting to being bitten and the gloves help me ignore it.

very nice. congrats! i also like that tshirt bag she was shipped in. looks soft and comfy.

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Originally Posted by Charis

LOL! Yeah, my other current female is psycho, the only time she is calm is immediately after she's been bred or just laid eggs. At least that does make it easier to handle her at those times.
I had a sister to that one named River that was bipolar in temperament but unfortunately she passed away this winter.

Their hatchlings are also the only snake species, except maybe Amazon Tree boas, that I've worked with that are just downright mean, most all other snake "aggressiveness" is scared/defensive but I've had coxi babies calmly being held in my hands and very deliberately rear back, bite hard, look up at me to gauge the reaction, didn't jump, so then it carefully looks over the hand, chooses another likely spot and bam! And the little poop repeated that process many times. They are very easy to teach to bite too, you make the mistake of reacting to one and they will redouble their efforts for months afterwards. I wear nitrile gloves when handling the babies because I do have a hard time not reacting to being bitten and the gloves help me ignore it.

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lol my lil bb Coxi is pretty nice! he's so nice and polite that he will eat right off of a spoon for me. :)

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...lol my lil bb Coxi is pretty nice! he's so nice and polite that he will eat right off of a spoon for me. :)

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:rofl:That's it, rub it in! :rofl:

Definitely thank you for sharing, I love seeing some of the other species of snakes people keep. Way beautiful. Love the color.

Very stunning snake Charis! You have some of the most amazing looking snakes...:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Wow .. hope they stay calm for you !!

This is me getting ready to hold my Thai Red Bamboo Ratsnake :)

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Zincubus... You are to funny! But my thoughts exactly when you handle Thai Bamboo's :rofl: