Define "tame"

I recently picked up a 1.1 pair of bloods that were advertised as tame.
What would you consider tame?
Do you consider peeing on you, doing everything in it's power to bite you and try to cut off your circulation tame?

This is the "friendly one". The female.
Sorry but I would need to use a box of bandaids to even think of getting the male out for a picture. He is the side strike, open mouth, bite anything that moves type.

Now I wasn't expecting these to actually be tame when I got them becuase I knew the history behind this pair.

So how would you describe a blood as tame? Is it tame as in the sence of being tolerant to human interaction, or is it relative and you would describe it as being tame "for a blood"?

Personally, I consider an animal tame when you can reach in, pick it up, and handle it without the constant restraint to avoid a bite.

Just curious as to what the consensus is.

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Originally Posted by SPJ

I consider an animal tame when you can reach in, pick it up, and handle it without the constant restraint to avoid a bite.

Just curious as to what the consensus is.

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I agree with you completely! I have 2 bloods (black & yellow) both are "tame" and are exactly how you described. Although my yellow blood is quite the talker, he has never offered to actually bite.

Btw- Thats one beautiful big girly you got there!

She looks just a bit ticked off, but that's a beautiful girl! ;) How old are the pair? I don't know much about bloods so I'm not sure about the sizings.

Only a few years old.


Ticked off is an understatement.:D

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Originally Posted by SPJ

Do you consider peeing on you, doing everything in it's power to bite you and try to cut off your circulation tame?

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No, must be tough love (rough in your case) :8:

Hopefully by working with them everyday you will be able to correct that behavior

Good luck with them that girl is a Hottie.

I would never call any snake "tame.." And if I saw an ad saying that someone's snakes were tame, I would not buy into that.. but it does imply that the snakes are not going to rip your hand off.. It could be stress, or it could have been deliberate deceit from the seller.. but if you knew the story behind the snakes and bought them, I am sure that you are prepared for them.
I seems to me, that restraining a snake can actually upset it more. My pastel gets really hissy and defensive if restrained, but if I just pick him up and allow him to get comfortable in my lap, he is not like that..
In an ad, if someone said Tame, I would ask them how they measure their standards.

What ever tame means it ain't what you got. If a snake is a bit snappy but not overly agressive I might consider it tame for a particular species.

For instance a corn that snaps at you on ocassion and hisses and will on ocassion bite is not what I call tame, I would call him typical of a wild caught adult.

However, if the same snake above were a black racer and it fell short of biting me 17 times per each time I handled it, then that would be tame.

For bloods though your pair are not "tame". I have seen many of them that are puppy dog tame as far as tempermant. Given that is the case an animal that bites the crap out of you is not tame.

In other words the seller hosed you over if that was what you wanted to hear, :rolleye2:

Tame in bloods means they snap but always miss. lol I've seen a few bloods that I could trust around children because of their overall calm nature but it seems they need a lot more handling to become tolerant than lets say a redtail boa.