Handling question

Be careful dude they can knock you off your feet in a instant , i used to help out with my mates 20 footer her strength was awesome , but she was soft as a lamb never any aggression with her at all so it was pretty easy

Finally got it taken care of today. Turns out its more like 11feet or so (hard to judge something that big when its coiled up) and not nearly as bad as it was made out to be. Soon as the door opened it came out at us (not so much a strike as just anxious to come out of the cage and looking for food i guess, since more or less the only time it's opened is to feed it), but we had a broom inbetween us that it focused on instead of us just incase. Once it realized there wasnt any food comming in it calmed down alot, and we were able to just reach in and get a good hold on it right behind the head and had no trouble at all. Put it in a large cooler that we use to soak snakes with stuck sheds, and when it came time to put it back in the cage i was able to reach right in the cooler and pick it up no problem at all. Apparently some people take a little hissing and moving around to be alot more of a threat than it really is. I was also able to get a red tail boa that hasnt been to cooperative lately out using about the same method. It was pretty uneasy at first so i started rubbing its side with the broom, then once it settled down rubbed it with my hand. It still hissed when i started to pick it up, so i just kept rubbing it for a while, then i tried again and it was fine. Got it out and let one of the other guys clean the cage. Most of the other workeres that were cleaning cages and feeding were pretty suprized i had that one out because the last few times they knew of it being tried the people hadnt been patient enough and when it hissed and starting getting into a decient striking pose they shut the cage and gave up. Just goes to show a little patience goes along way. I also got permission to get those guys out on a regular basis to get them used to being handled again and hopefully get them a little more laid back about having their cage opened. It seems that i have more or less volunteered my self to handle all the rotten ones no one else wants to mess with to try to get them settled down a little. Maybe im crazy, but i dont see much point in having all those beautiful snakes if no one can get them out to show them, or take then to the school shows they do.

what a great story! thanks so much for sharing it with us!!!

Cool story.

Congrats! Great job! :rockon: