How often do you like to handle your bp's?

[JulieInNJ]

Right now we only have one bp, but we're going to a show this weekend and will probably add another one or two to our family. We handle our little girl twice a day, but with multiple snakes, I wouldn't want to feel like I'm neglecting anyone, lol. I'm curious to find out how often those of you with multiple snakes handle your bp's, and for what length of time. Just want to make sure I'm doing right by them. Thanks!

[BallsUnlimited]

every two days i give mine fresh water and fresh paper. I handle them only for a few seconds to look over each one and back in there tub an back on the rack they go.

[decensored]

we only handle ours every day or two for no longer than 10 minutes. We don't touch him the day before they eat, or for 48 hours afterwards.

We also don't touch them a day or two before their shed and a few days afterwards. We have 6.

Hope this helps.

[RestlessRobie]

We handle out little guy almost everyday for 30-60 min sometimes more he loves to have his back rubbed arches when you rub him and moves in and out of our fingers. We do not handle when in shed the day before or after feeding. But we also have no plans for breeding and wanted him as a pet. He is currently about 160 grams and pounding adult mice like they are candy. Took us a little time to get his husbandry correct but now he is a great snake.
Robie

[JulieInNJ]

Thanks very much for the ideas. We too intend to just keep as pets and maybe - and I stress maybe - breed in a few years. Now that I know they're okay going a day or two without handling, I feel better.

[Skittles1101]

I have 7 right now (two more coming the beginning of next month). I handle usually every other day when I check their water. Of course if one makes a mess they are the lucky one to be handled when I'm cleaning up after them lol. I don't handle for two days after they eat, or when they are in shed. My two new babies I handle every day for about 5-10 minutes but I take my adult out probably 15-30 minutes every other day...not all at once. Mine are all pets, and I will be hobby breeding probably in about 2 years.

[Adam Chandler]

Something to keep in mind. BP's do not like to be handled. They have no emotional dependency of interacting with their caregiver and at best only tolerate us handling them. At the end of the day they just want to be left alone.

The only time I handle my BP's is when I clean their tubs, and even then I try to keep it as brief as possible in order to keep them as stress free as possible.

Awesome pets, but not ones that want to be interacted with very often.

[JulieInNJ]

Something to keep in mind. BP's do not like to be handled. They have no emotional dependency of interacting with their caregiver and at best only tolerate us handling them. At the end of the day they just want to be left alone.

The only time I handle my BP's is when I clean their tubs, and even then I try to keep it as brief as possible in order to keep them as stress free as possible.

Awesome pets, but not ones that want to be interacted with very often.

That's good to know! I think part of the problem is that I'm absolutely fascinated by her and my 8 year old son loves watching her too. We'd probably be better off having multiple bp's so we can get our fix and not disturb them too much!

[Mft62485]

I handle mine probably every other day. Not for a long time, maybe 10 minutes.

[spitzu]

I leave the ones alone that clearly want to be left alone. Their tubs get opened once per day to check for messes. Some others are incredibly docile and start climbing on us as soon as the tubs are open, so they get handled for a few minutes every now and then.

I think that after a certain number of snakes it just becomes unrealistic to expect to handle every single one for a certain amount of time per week. For us, that was like 40 snakes ago.