Norm or pastel

Hey guys just bought this big female royal, not sure is she is norm or pastel as she is very bright, any help would be greatly appreciated thanks, sorry only one pic but previous owner fed her live multis and every time I open viv she goes into feed mode, anyway to get her out of this as I don't wanna get tagged lol thanks again.http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/03/y5u3e6yt.jpg

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Thanks very much, any advice on how to stop her striking at me, I've had her a week now and left her to it to settle, but now when I go in with the hook to pick her up she just S's up straight away

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Originally Posted by ekansnakekans

Thanks very much, any advice on how to stop her striking at me, I've had her a week now and left her to it to settle, but now when I go in with the hook to pick her up she just S's up straight away

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Depending on how old she is that might vary if she is a baby it could take some time. Best thing to do is to keep handeling to short and not let it scare you if she/he strikes.

Not sure how old she is but she's 1300g I'm just worried incase she holds on, if she thinks it's feeding time

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Just give her a quick but gentle grab with the hook, and when she S's up pick her up anyway. Once you get her off the ground and into your hands feeding mode should shut down pretty darn quick.

Aside from my retics, burms and anacondas, I call everything's bluff and just grab em. If I get bit by a beeper or boa I'm not too concerned lol. And 99% of the time they try to look tough and usually it's just a front.

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She kinda looks like the one I just got! :) Approach her from the side and not from above, slowly, and kinda pet her, then grab her. Works for me. You might just have to swoop in and get her though. They are pretty much all talk, but I wouldn't worry about her holding on even if she does bite. :)


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my little pastel (100g) still gets startled when I reach for her, but once I have her out she relaxes right away. its about confidence, if she is trigger happy and you're afraid of a bite, use gloves to handle her until she gets used to you. she's a big girl, she can handle it :gj:

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It's a cute bp. If it does bite, you won't barely notice it until after the fact and you see little pin pricks of blood. Have no fear and the snakes won't either. Kinda zen stuff lol.

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Haha thank you all for your great advice, just bin out and bought a new viv for her as I didn't like the old 3 ft x 2ft as it was only 1ft tall with a lifting lid, was hard to see her in it, so went and paid 210 pound for a wicked hot viv with everything I need for her including display lights, so I'll post some pics in a bit when iv set it up n handled her lol thanks again guys

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Got her setup sorted out n think she likes it, she didn't bite me but then again I didn't give her time to, just keep the handles short for the minute n gradually make them longerhttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/nupyhaju.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/teguhyzy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/aqusedu2.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/suvegy8e.jpg

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That's a nice looking enclosure. Might want to think about giving her something to hide under. Especially since you just moved her to much more open viv. Might help her relax and not be so nippy.

Unless the room, or you, smells of rodents, she wont think it's feeding time.

The feeding response is chemically (scent) triggered.

So don't worry about her biting, she doesn't think you're food, she's just more scared of you than you are of her.

Thanks guys and where the plants are in the viv that's a hide behind them with her heat mat, n she is using the hide and is not stressed or anything

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I always use a hook to let my animals know it's not feeding time. No, their bites don't hurt, but I don't want them ripping teeth out on my skin. I show them the hook, or touch gently on the head, and that does the trick.

Great looking housing.

After uncovering the snake I give them a few seconds to adjust before I touch them. I always move my hand from behind, but stand in such way that they "see" me. I stroke their side with a finger then gently pick them up. I don't pick them up when they are in "S" mode. When I first got some of them and had to pick them up no matter what their behaviour was (e.g. spilled water bottle and mess) I would cover them with cloth and just move them in and out. I have 11 snakes, not one bite or even attempted bite as of yet..