Re: How often do you take 'em out
i handle my balls around once a week. i monitor them always and may throw in a little handling time more than once a week just to check up.:snake:
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Originally Posted by mricyfire
Everyday...I give both snakes some time with their master
HAHAHAHAHA hilarious man.
Re: How often do you take 'em out
I tend to be a little sporatic with my handling of the babies. The big boy gets handled whenever he's in the mood. Sometimes he'll just curl up with me on the couch or on the bed. He seems to find some sort of solace inside my shirt (only does it to me) and when I sit "indian style" he liked to curl around my ankles and thighs. He's a funny guy. He is also the big boy so when he starts to get stressed out it's really easy to tell, he tries to hide behind the bed or in the couch cushions. As long as he stays on me without any kind of guidance he stays out. Sometimes it's 5 minutes and sometimes it's a couple hours. I let him run the show. Now Pandora is the tricky one, she's growing, constantly hungry and in a state of feeding day, recovering from feeding or shedding... she gets handled rarely. The hard part for me is to get rid of the notion of "neglecting" them by NOT handling them. They're not a dog and they really couldn't care less. I also get the flack of "ignoring the babies."
Re: How often do you take 'em out
About three times a week. Ckeck on the daily but take them out at least three times a week! ;)
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This Thread Is Cool, Its Neat Seeing How People Handle Their Snakes Differently. The Graph Seems To Be Really Close Which Means Theres A Bunch Of Diversity. As For Myself I Usually Handle My Bp's Erryday Minus The Two Days After Feeding.
-kory
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Originally Posted by slowEF
This Thread Is Cool, Its Neat Seeing How People Handle Their Snakes Differently. The Graph Seems To Be Really Close Which Means Theres A Bunch Of Diversity. As For Myself I Usually Handle My Bp's Erryday Minus The Two Days After Feeding.
-kory
Thanks, as I said before I was getting flack from my hubby for "only" holding her about 4/5 days a week. Every day as soon as she sees me she'll come out of her hide and scale the tank wanting out, and he says " see even she thinks your neglecting her" she likes to look around and she love's the tv, my hubby was playing Halo 3 last night and she spent an hour and a half sitting perfectly still watching Master Chief! I love that there's not just one answer very diverse very cool.
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I handle each one when im cleaning tubs, only long enough to take a good look at them, making sure there are no problems going on.... So im only handling each one for maybe a minute or two.
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Originally Posted by juddb
I handle each one when im cleaning tubs, only long enough to take a good look at them, making sure there are no problems going on.... So im only handling each one for maybe a minute or two.
That's generally how I do it. Every now and then I get a hankering to hold for about 15 minutes or so, to really study the nuances in their pattern and be in awe of what a magnificant creature they are. My only problem is then deciding which one to hold! LOL
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Originally Posted by rabernet
That's generally how I do it. Every now and then I get a hankering to hold for about 15 minutes or so, to really study the nuances in their pattern and be in awe of what a magnificant creature they are. My only problem is then deciding which one to hold! LOL
Take turns with them and hold them in a row :P
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They get held and examined while their tubs are cleaned, and then they get weighed before they're fed (at least several hours, or a full day). It works out to each snake being held fairly frequently, 3 or 4 times per week for 15 min or more at a time. Only exceptions are when in shed, 2 days after eating, or if they've refused a meal.
