Aggresive BP and breeder practices

Man, I took home a lovely little Lesser girl from the CRBE because she bit me.
The first captive to do so. She already doesn't get so defensive when I am in "her space". Her body language is nervous but, she isn't anywhere near the snake I brought home.
Just work on the snake, it will get the hint soon enough most likely, hopefully the same applies to the gf.

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Originally Posted by Crazymonkee

See you can tell her they have something in common :) They both need time to calm down

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:rofl:

Seriously though, tell her what I told my mum (who was terrified to photograph my babies). How would you feel if all of the sudden a giant ripped open your house, tore you out of your bed, scooped you up in their giant paws, and started carrying you around when you've spent all of your rather brief life tucked inside a safe, cozy egg? You'd try to bite too! Heck, if you think about it, what's really amazing is that they don't all bite us all the time.

UPDATE: Success!! Convinced my girlfriend to calm down about the issue, and showed her that the snake has already calmed down considerably (although shes still very active and obviously still adjusting/stressed she is no longer striking blindly as anything that moves) It looks like all that worrying (on everyones part) was pretty much for nothing lol. Now my GF is still nervous but hopefully time and patience can make that work too... (And hopefully by then she'll stop calling me a 'rat murderer')

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Originally Posted by devonascended

UPDATE: Success!! Convinced my girlfriend to calm down about the issue, and showed her that the snake has already calmed down considerably (although shes still very active and obviously still adjusting/stressed she is no longer striking blindly as anything that moves) It looks like all that worrying (on everyones part) was pretty much for nothing lol. Now my GF is still nervous but hopefully time and patience can make that work too... (And hopefully by then she'll stop calling me a 'rat murderer')

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If she eats meat of any kind she can't talk. :P

Good I'm glad it's going well :)

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I think my snake is an angel..knock on wood,he eats like a beast,never snaps at me and I handled him a little while he started to shed with blue eyes and all,then when he finished shedding which was in one piece ,I fed him 30 mins later...I'm feeling blessed,lol

Babies tend to be a bit on the "I'M GONNA EAT YOUR FACE, HUMAN!!!!" kind of crazy side. Most of them chill out and grow up to be very even tempered. That being said, I have three exceptions to that in my 60 snake collection. All three (a normal female, black pastel female, and pinstripe male) were all handled often and raised the same as all the others. They were CRAZY as babies and are still VERY grumpy as adults. It's just a matter of knowing your snakes and knowing what you can and cannot deal with. See how you deal with it growing up and sell it if it still bums you out. It's not the worst thing in the world to do.

I would have sold our carpet python a year ago if my fiancé wasn't so attached to him. I bought him for our school tours since carpets are so gorgeous, but I get mauled every time I have to clean his cage. I can't bring him to a classroom and I'm not fond of him. Though oddly enough, he's never once bitten my fiancé. But, I have known breeders that LOOK FOR aggressive attitudes. A lot of times the aggressive ones eat better and breed better. True, at least from my perspective.