Hook Training?

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Originally Posted by Dr Satan

some of mine hiss and push their coils when i try and take them out... you should get a snake hook to start off. that way you can tap on the head, and move their body around with the hook, and then pick them up with the hook as well. its gonna take some time...

take her out of her cage anyway... unless she goes ballistic.

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So eventually she should know who I am and what I am about to do with her. I should have just held her! I will go and purchase a snake hook today.

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Originally Posted by Kilo

So eventually she should know who I am and what I am about to do with her. I should have just held her! I will go and purchase a snake hook today.

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read this kyle... it will help you understand the process of conditioning.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovi...27s_experiment

I made a video a litle while ago... my 8' het albino(clark strain) female
http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...t=100_0116.flv

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Originally Posted by Kilo

Well I went to go hold my baby girl last night because tonight she will be fed and it didn't go as planned. I pulled her tub out about 3 quarters out from the rack and took the end of a lent brush and tapped it on her head. Well she tucked her head under her body and proceeded hiss at me loudly! Well I reached in to take her out anyway (to show her that getting tapped means your coming out) and she went ballistic flailing around hissing loudly more. I gently set her back down and left her alone. The only other time I have seen this behavior is when I attempted to pick her up after coming out of blue.

Any Ideas on how I should progress on hook training?

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I am by no means an expert on large boids, but you also don't want it to associate hissing with being put back and left alone. So now is the best time to show her just because she hisses does not mean she will be put down.

-Tim

Very good tips. Thank you.:D

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Originally Posted by KLG

Just IMHO, this should probably read "can help prevent" and "...from most accidents" - even the sweetest, most docile hook-trained biggies (especially with retics, scrubs & afrocks) can have moments of unpredictability. Accidents can & do happen, nothing is failsafe regardless of what species you're working with (snake, horse, dog, cat, fish, etc).

But hook training certainly does go a long way in turning off a feeding response and is a necessary technique when working big snakes! :)

K~

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Lmbo,Now this is funny I should read this my little girl is in hook training now and just the other day gave her a tap and all seemed good,so I went to grab her and dont you know my arm became dinner.I figured I would wait her out but she wasnt going for it,she clung to my forarm for about 10 minutes the whole while my wife asking me if I wanted her to grab the alcohol.