Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
Once or twice a week. Not the day of feeding or 48 hours after feeding.
Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I pretty much hold her everyday except for the 2 days after she has eaten and during her shed cycles.
I have my method of handling her though. I never pick her up/out from her house.
What I do is I open up her house and let her come out by herself (I handle her at night only).
95% of the time she will come straight for my hands or sniff at my face :D
if she doesn't feel like coming out then I leave her be.
I handle her for about 10-15 mins.
She never gets stressed ^^ Such a lovely and curious girl :)
Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I bother mine a lot! I have two ball pythons, one is a voracious eater, the other is new and is a picky eater. The voracious eater I will handle about four days a week, and I will keep him out for an hour or more at a time, sometimes multiple times a day. He's very tolerant of me! The picky eater I will handle 3-4 days a week, but only 15-30 minutes at a time. I aim to socialize them so they're very relaxed and tolerant of me booping them on the nose!
Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I handle them for short periods of time every day that is appropriate. Mine are young and eating ~ 5 days so there is a considerable chunk of time they are digesting. They are both relatively new so I limit handling to a few minutes, just letting em get acclimated and used to the handling. If I take them out for cleaning or any other purpose I always let them unwind and slither a bit before they go into the temp tubs.
Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I handle each of my snakes once a week for about 10-15 minutes.