Signs that show your BP is acclimated?

I have been searching to see if someone has posted anything about this. Is it just a time thing of "oh its been 2 weeks the snake is settled in now I can play with it", or have people noticed signs that say "yes my snake is stress free, so let's take it out and show the world now"? Just something I have been wondering and wanted see if people have their own experiences on this.

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Originally Posted by JW360

I have been searching to see if someone has posted anything about this. Is it just a time thing of "oh its been 2 weeks the snake is settled in now I can play with it", or have people noticed signs that say "yes my snake is stress free, so let's take it out and show the world now"? Just something I have been wondering and wanted see if people have their own experiences on this.

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Its a person to person preference.

I Personally like to wait till they have had 3 consistent meals before i start to handle them and show them off. I get my handling ich out of the way when i first get them, by playing/taking pics/looking at/showing off while i set up there tub.

Some people wait till 2 meals. Others just dont wait at all!!! I myself can wait because I do have others to let out while they acclimate.

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Originally Posted by CORBIN911

Its a person to person preference.

I Personally like to wait till they have had 3 consistent meals before i start to handle them and show them off. I get my handling ich out of the way when i first get them, by playing/taking pics/looking at/showing off while i set up there tub.

Some people wait till 2 meals. Others just dont wait at all!!! I myself can wait because I do have others to let out while they acclimate.

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That's what I figured that it's a person to person thing and how many meals it actually eats.

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The reason I do 3 now is my lavender spider at 1 fine. And my neighbour came to see her. Well at a small 130g she the denied meals for about 1 1/2 months! And dropped to 90g. Ever since then iv waited till 3 and havnt had a problem. Again it's not always us either the snake chooses!


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Oh yeah that would not be fun to do. I have a Trans Pecos rat that wouldn't eat but I found out he like the dark quiet places and since then has not missed a meal.

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I think that it depends on the snake as well. Some snakes acclimate faster than others. My female yellow belly acclimated very fast and ate consistently even with handling. So I just read the snake and make my best judgement on if it's acclimated or not and when I should start handling.


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Originally Posted by AlexisFitzy

I think that it depends on the snake as well. Some snakes acclimate faster than others. My female yellow belly acclimated very fast and ate consistently even with handling. So I just read the snake and make my best judgement on if it's acclimated or not and when I should start handling.


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Oh that's awesome I hope my bumblebee is like that.

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As others have mentioned, it depends on the snake. I typically judge acclimation based on willingness to feed - snakes that feed almost right out of the bag (I had one snake that actually took a meal in the car, much to my surprise), while others that need to be settled in for a month to feel comfortable to eat without fail.

My experience over time has generally been that after a couple meals, you can more easily judge your snake's temperament, and figure out if it'd be okay with frequent handling, or less frequent handling, etc.

-Jen

Awesome well my little bees first meal will hopefully be tonight. Fingers crossed!!!

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(I had one snake that actually took a meal in the car, much to my surprise),

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Ha! "I'll have a number two, large, with Coke, and a warmed rat pup. Thanks!" Please drive around to second window...:D

Well good signs my little thing ate it's first meal with me. I'm super stoked.

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Well my little Titan didn't eat this week, wasn't worried, but the itch to take it out was to strong and I couldn't wait any longer and I'm so glad I did. I found mites on him that I didn't notice at the pet store at all. There where only a few on it, but this has me worried. I'm hoping I caught it early enough. I soaked him in warm water for about 15 min and thoroughly cleaned his enclosure with lysol anti bacterial wipes and re wiped the enclosure with warm wet rag to get any chemical left overs out before I put Titan back in. I also just did news paper bedding for easy clean up again in a few days for the same routine. I am going tomorrow to get prevent-a-mite. Is there anything else I should do or get?