New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
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EL-Ziggy
I'd respectfully disagree with Zinc and Gio just a little. There's no way I'd try to sit down and handle my scrub. They move too fast, they have a very long strike range, and they can be unpredictable. You have to constantly move with them to make sure you're keeping the pointy end away from your face at all times. I prefer to keep both hands on mine or to have him wrapped around one of my arms. I used to use a perch to handle Klauss when he was smaller but now that he's close to 6ft he's gets heavy quickly and he also likes to strike from a perched position so it becomes another fight. I let him rest on our bird feeder to get pics and approaching and removing him was a challenge. I'm glad your first handling session went fairly well. It should get better. I very rarely get tagged anymore and I only get musked about half the time.
That’s fine :)
I’ve never handled a scrub python so maybe I shouldn’t have commented .. it’s just something I’ve done over the years with nervous Royals and young Burms and Retics ..they just seemed so much calmer when they felt secure ..
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Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
Yay! Glad to see your first handling sessions went well! This is a super fun species to handle - they definitely keep you on your toes 😉 Luckily, she’s long enough that she’ll easily be able to wrap around your arm (or whatever is nearby) for security and have many feet of body left for exploring! The bright side is, you don’t have long hair for her to pull and tangle herself in. Sounds ridiculous, but really is the worst part of handling a kraken like that! And mines not even close to 8ft.
Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
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Team Slytherin
Yay! Glad to see your first handling sessions went well! This is a super fun species to handle - they definitely keep you on your toes 😉 Luckily, she’s long enough that she’ll easily be able to wrap around your arm (or whatever is nearby) for security and have many feet of body left for exploring! The bright side is, you don’t have long hair for her to pull and tangle herself in. Sounds ridiculous, but really is the worst part of handling a kraken like that! And mines not even close to 8ft.
Definitely a bright side, as my ETB loves to get up close and personal, but not sure I'll let this girl do that for a long while.
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Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
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Team Slytherin
Yay! ...The bright side is, you don’t have long hair for her to pull and tangle herself in. Sounds ridiculous, but really is the worst part of handling a kraken like that! And mines not even close to 8ft.
:rofl: No scrubs here but I can sure relate to the hazards of long hair! It truly doesn't take very much for a snake to tie hair into knots & then pull...:O
Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
First off, while that looks like a nasty bite, GIO your boy is lookin’ fierce!
And yes, Bog! I finally had to resort to putting my hair up before handling sessions. At least then he looks like a cool hair accessory instead of a mutant making its nest in my hair. His scales are so weird that when he gets tangled, it damages them. They look like ruffled feathers or something...super strange. Fun fact, he just clocked in at 6 ft tonight!
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Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
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Team Slytherin
First off, while that looks like a nasty bite, GIO your boy is lookin’ fierce!
And yes, Bog! I finally had to resort to putting my hair up before handling sessions. At least then he looks like a cool hair accessory instead of a mutant making its nest in my hair. His scales are so weird that when he gets tangled, it damages them. They look like ruffled feathers or something...super strange. Fun fact, he just clocked in at 6 ft tonight!
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That's exactly what my spotted python does to me! :rofl: And she is only about 3.5' but is she ever strong, & constricts like crazy. At least my other snakes would just
be "passing thru" but not her, oh no! I started to think she was going to be there permanently. :D
Re: New Scrub - Very Frightened / Nervous
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Bogertophis
That's exactly what my spotted python does to me! :rofl: And she is only about 3.5' but is she ever strong, & constricts like crazy. At least my other snakes would just
be "passing thru" but not her, oh no! I started to think she was going to be there permanently. :D
Hahaha it’s like they think they own us or something! Let’s be real; they do.