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View Poll Results: how ofter do you hold your snake
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every other day
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
It just totally varies, depending on my work schedule and feedings but everyone get's held at least a couple times a week.
singingtothesnakes 1.1 Normal kids. Well for the most part anyway.
0.1. Worlds coolest Normal Ball Python (Boo)
0.1. Mojave Ball Python (Daisy)
1.0. Pastel Ball Python (Sol)
1.1. Het. for Axanthic Ball Python (Xan and Xab's)
1.1. Garden Phase, Amazon Tree Boa's (Jetta & Izzy)
0.1. Reverse Okeetee Corn Snake (Sarah)
0.0.1. Gopher Snake (Little Bite)
The Ghost did not pan out. shoot!
Hopefully by summer I'll be making payments on a 1.1 lesser
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser
yea guess is wasn't paying attention, clicked on this thread from the main page lol. the title just says snakes. you bring up a good point tho. gotta do whats best for the snake. and it is hard to pick up on animal behavior, only comes with experience and im still learning.
I find it kind of sad that you are the only person backing me up on this, at all.
0.1 '05 Het. Hypo - Lelu
1.0 '06 Hypo - Chester ; 0.1 '11 hypo holdback
0.1 '07 Woma - Cleopatra aka Cleo
1.0 '11 Pinstripe het hypo
0.1 '06 German Shepard Runt - Mika (me-kuh)
"it's not like cool-aide. its like..you know that powder that you put in water that makes it flavored" -you know who you are
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I hold my snake whenever I can, provided that she's 1. not in shed 2. it's not feeding day (she gets a little strikey on feeding days) and 3. she has defecated. So, it leaves me with a couple of days a week during the day.
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
Well, I have five snakes, and they all get handled a few times a week. Sometimes more or less often, depends on how much free time I have, or if they're in shed or whatever. I like to get them out for exercise, cleaning, feeding and to keep them docile ect.
1.1ballpythons(normal)-Arwen, Montague
1.0ballpython(pastel)-Shan Longshanks
0.1ballpython(spider)-Pippa Willow
1.0redtailboa-Inigo
0.1redtailboa(salmon)-Imogen
1.0redbloodpython-Fergis
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I handle my snakes daily, but due to the number it is not the same snake everyday... well except for the habitual dish flippers.
Bruce
Praying for Stinger Bees
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I hold Daisy about every other day(accept after she feeds and during shed. Ugh, snake puke) She seems to be getting used to my scent.
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
I handle mine once every other day or so... since I have a good number of pets its not that I dont want to handle them more but there is no time. I usualy trade off on days between the RTB, my BP and my wifes Corn (on days that she is off at work and not planing on handliing her)
I can agree that exploring in some cases is fine, though my two young adults dont, that just sit in my lap or on my arm and chill. My BP will parascope if something interesting is on TV or if there is action in the fish tank. Beyond that they just get cozy and warm and sit with me.
0.1 Normal Red Tail Boa - Suzie Q
1.0 Normal Western Hognose - Oink
1.0 Bearded Dragon - Gilbert
0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Lew
1.0 Normal Crested Gecko - Stubs
1.0 Corgi Dog - Josh
1.0 Pug Dog - Sammy
1.0 Guinea pig - Teadybear
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
Maybe a mod can help out and put a few more options onto this poll, it's......uh....lacking a bit I think.
I handle mine 2-3 days after they eat and then it is not but 2-3 days until they eat again ( for everyone except Albert, he likes to eat every 10 days, but I don't know why, that's just him ).
So I guess you could say that on a given week, most of mine get handled 2-3 times, for a period of 15 minutes to 2 hours or more. I just pay attention to them and make sure holding them is not causing them undue stress.
1.0 Spider Ball Python ( Roscoe)
1.0 Cali-King ( Prince Albert )
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Re: how often do you hold your snakes?
hrm, hard to answer!
Usually everyone's cage gets opened at least once a day, sometime more than once a day, and they choose whether to come out or not. I'll just pop it open and sit beside the cage and read/do homework whatever, and if they choose to stick their heads out and stare at me or climb around the cage top or on my shoulders, than so be it.
I usually take out at least one or two snakes a day and 'handle' them, but not every snake every day.
My ball actully has a pretty exact shedule of coming out of his hides around 10pm and waiting by the door until I open the cage, then he'll slither on my arms and I'll take him to the bed while I read or play video games. He'll usually just sit on my lap and periscope it up.
I don't change my handling based on shed, not a single one of my snakes acts differently to being handled during this time than any other time. I don't bug them for two days after eating though.
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