Taming/Handling my bp

i am by no means scared to get bit really. I have a adult male veiled, 2 viscious king snakes, and a 5 1/2 foot iguana. Ive been bit very very hard before, im more worried about when he is older, or making him HATE me. I also wanted to make sure he is normal in what he is doing.

I know they can be head shy and from all my past snakes i have learned to be confident and pull the hide out slowely, and gently but firmly pick the snake up from the sides and pull him out. Is there anything i can do about being head shy? Not that i want to pick up his head, just one of those things if hes a little more comfortable with me handling him everywhere chances of any mishapps will go down. They key is confidence, even when you dont have any!


thanks for your help guys,

one more thing, i tend to not sleep much and he gets most of his handling at night when he starts cruising his cage, is there a good or bad time handle them? At night he seems a little nicer and explores through my fingers a bit, i figured this is ok, but im just worried imma mess it up haha

ive been gently trying to touch my bp's head to hopefully break him of the head shyness. started by petting his neck and just continued higher and higher up until i was just on the back of his head. if i move up slowly he seems ok with it. its the the random tap the the head he gets really scared.

ive read that they will break the head shy as long as u work at it.. and of course the more comfortable they are with you in general the more they will let you do

Hey Tiff...I love your mile long posts!! It amazes me that at such a young (compared to me) age you know so much! Very impressive!!

Ok back to the post!! Just handle him everyday. I have a 2 month old Bee that is the biggest scardy cat!! He would about jump out of his scales if you even came close to his head. I have been handling him almost everyday and he is getting better in only 30 days. On the other hand I have a normal that is such a freak she LOVES to be held ALL THE TIME! I am hoping that with a few more months of work the Bee will be on track with the normal!!

Just like Tiff said...don't be intimidated with your snake....or weary of it biting you. I believe that all animals can pick up on that and run with it.