Woma Question

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Frigg from Grant and Mary at Wreck Room
And Odinforce who was a gift from a dearly departed friend the one and only Ben Renick.


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Love the swirls on the bottom photo where it's curled up !


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so today I was going to handle my baby woma for the first time and it was an epic failure. So I attempted to pull her out with snake hook while she was resting but had to move her hide and a few other things to get to her, when I attempted to get her she freaked and then was all over her enclosure. After a few minutes Of attempted hooking i gave up since I did not want to stress her out more than she was. I tired again later and she was on the defensive and would not let me get near her.

so perhaps I went about this all wrong. Needless to say when I got my ball python he was nearly a year old and was stationary when i reached in to pick him up for the first time, he was a bit nippy but he didn't dash like my woma. She is so slinger and super fast holy smokes.

how do you recommend approaching and pulling out a baby woma? I feel confident with my ball python but maybe more is needed for this little girl.

On a positive note she is pretty calm when I'm checking her out and today when I needed to spot clean and fill up her water dish she just kind of hangs out and watches me. my biggest challenge is this first pick up and handling session.


Thanks all

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Originally Posted by Jones4467

Still working on photo upload :(

so today I was going to handle my baby woma for the first time and it was an epic failure. So I attempted to pull her out with snake hook while she was resting but had to move her hide and a few other things to get to her, when I attempted to get her she freaked and then was all over her enclosure. After a few minutes Of attempted hooking i gave up since I did not want to stress her out more than she was. I tired again later and she was on the defensive and would not let me get near her.

so perhaps I went about this all wrong. Needless to say when I got my ball python he was nearly a year old and was stationary when i reached in to pick him up for the first time, he was a bit nippy but he didn't dash like my woma. She is so slinger and super fast holy smokes.

how do you recommend approaching and pulling out a baby woma? I feel confident with my ball python but maybe more is needed for this little girl.

On a positive note she is pretty calm when I'm checking her out and today when I needed to spot clean and fill up her water dish she just kind of hangs out and watches me. my biggest challenge is this first pick up and handling session.


Thanks all

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Best tip I give is hook train them. Let them smell the hook for a minute and in one smooth motion I pick the head and neck area up a little bit and slide my hand under them. After that they’re pretty easy to handle. Don’t make too fast of movements when they’re little and make sure you support their bodies good. Watch the head area they do go through a nippy phase typically and they don’t defensive bite like a ball. They’re almost always feed responses and they take awhile to let go.


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Use the hook to distract the head while you grab the body. Then use the hook to keep the head/mouth off of you until the relax a bit.

Roger that, thanks. I knew it would probably be a different process than my ball ( he is so chill) but she gave me a run this morning. Just a lot of newness but eager to give it ago again. When she is out and about will give it another attempt and see how she responds to the hook being near her then will do what you recommended. I was thinking today that I should of had the hook more towards her head and neck than towed the rear to keep her occupied to better get her from behind. She is a feisty girl but very eager to get her out. Thanks for the tip