Big breaders vs small breaders. temperment??

I think it's a mix between the snake itself, the breeder, and also the owner. I don't know where the ones I had came from because I did not purchase them myself, but I'm willing to bet both of them came from a pet store. Charlie was rarely handled growing up (his previous owner had already had him for four years, but was unsure how many years old he was when he got him from another person) and was severely shy and timid when we got him, but after about three months of handling him nearly daily, he started to come out of his shell and become a lot more confident we weren't about to kill him or something. :rolleyes: Penelope was an angel from the get-go. Super sweet, and rarely ever jerked her head back when touched unless the movements were really fast and perceived as a possible threat. You could even kiss her dead on the tip of her nose without a single flinch 99% of the time! :D

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

I think it just depends on the snake personally.

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i think it depends on the snake itself also, but i do see that big breeders not having the time to handle all the snakes as much as a small bredder would. But ball pythons are suppose so be calm right? Come handle my pin female:gj: se will make you rethink that:D

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Originally Posted by 1nstinct

i think it depends on the snake itself also, but i do see that big breeders not having the time to handle all the snakes as much as a small bredder would. But ball pythons are suppose so be calm right? Come handle my pin female:gj: se will make you rethink that:D

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Yeah, they are not all sweet. Had a female pastel that was straight up nasty. And my butter, has her moods. Lol.

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I have always found the small town bakers to have much more delightful temperaments than the big names like Wonder Bread.

i got a blackhead from a big breeder and that thing was as nasty as can be after a year of constant handling she is just now starting to calm down but i buy from the same guy and i have some that are tame as can be. when i hatch my guys out until they have 3 meals in them i dont mess with them but i think the big breeders sometimes dont have time to handle them. i guess you could say its 50/50

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Originally Posted by MrLang

I have always found the small town bakers to have much more delightful temperaments than the big names like Wonder Bread.

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I dont really like wonder bread. Is it just me or does it smell like chemicals lol?

Pepperidge Farm has some good stuff. :gj:

In my experience, small breeders seem to have more laid back animals. Like us, we work with them a lot and make sure that they are used to being handled so that when others come around they are quite used to it.

Really, I think it has to do with the disposition of the snake, and if it's been handled.

I knew a rat breeder that would breed only the calmest rats that he had. He NEVER handled them for the first two of so months of their life. But he could go in and grab whatever had he wanted and it would be the most calm and loving thing ever. I think the personality of the snake is what it will have for the rest of it's life, but people CAN go in and modify a snakes behavior.

I firmly believe that if you breed angry/mean animals, you will get more angry/mean animals. I don't think breeding for personality is anymore different than breeding for a morph color. You pick the nicest example of the snake, and try to get more of them.

When it comes to BP handling them or not is not gonna make a difference, like it does with other species that need to be work with on a regular basis.

It depends on the snake.

BP are naturally laid back even without any handling which is why they make a good first snake.

Now when it comes to hatchlings they are defensive regardless whom they come from and actually do better when left alone.