Pixie the tanimbar scrub python

[redshepherd]

She looks GREAT Red! She's stretching out and filling in nicely. I like your gloves too . I have to get myself a cooler pair. I used to snicker when I saw folks handling non venomous snakes with gloves until I got a scrub. Is Pixie snappy outside her enclosure? My male is most likely to bite when I'm taking him out. He's usually ok after that. He's only tagged me one time when I was handling him but I think my GF startled him. They always seem poised to strike to me though.

haha thanks! Pixie is normally snappy both inside and outside her enclosure (always worse inside though), but I happened to catch her in an oddly calm mood today! Or she just decided to have mercy on me.

She's tagged me a few times out of the blue while outside the enclosure, so I just don't really take my chances because it's a high chance that any handling=get bit. She acts like she is all chill, just slithering slowly along your arm as if she's a docile ball python... then WHAM she bites without warning. LOL

I've heard both ends... that tanimbars are either more docile, or that tanimbars are significantly less docile, compared to mainland scrubs. Pixie is obviously less docile, so there's my input for the species LOL

[PiperPython]

Wowwwww she is stunnnning. I hate that they are a conditional species in Florida. It hurts my heart.

[redshepherd]

Wowwwww she is stunnnning. I hate that they are a conditional species in Florida. It hurts my heart.

Thanks! This species is simalia nauta and isn't prohibited =) Related to mainland scrubs, but they're not.

[350z]

Wowwwww she is stunnnning. I hate that they are a conditional species in Florida. It hurts my heart.

Only the two main scrubs are prohibited in Florida, Morelia amethistinus and Morelia kinghorni.
Can keep Halmahera, Moluccan, and Tanimbars like Pixie.

[RickyNY]

Fiona, how is Pixie doing? Got pics? Thanks

[MR Snakes]

So how do you calm down an overly bitey snek?

[Bogertophis]

So how do you calm down an overly bitey snek?

Don't handle them until their mouth is already full of half-swallowed rodent.

[redshepherd]

Fiona, how is Pixie doing? Got pics? Thanks

She's doing great! I post her pics and videos sometimes on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUHo8AkAr/

She's 5 feet in length at adult size and hasn't grown for quite awhile, so very average for her species. Still spicy but has been much calmer when I handle her wearing gloves. Though frankly, she has still bitten the gloves a couple times while removing her from her cage LOL.

So how do you calm down an overly bitey snek?

Some species are just naturally defensive and they'll never be "calm" in the way a ball python or boa constrictor is, no matter what you do. That's just how they are. And there are always docile individuals within the species that are out of the average.

[MR Snakes]

She's doing great! I post her pics and videos sometimes on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUHo8AkAr/

She's 5 feet in length at adult size and hasn't grown for quite awhile, so very average for her species. Still spicy but has been much calmer when I handle her wearing gloves. Though frankly, she has still bitten the gloves a couple times while removing her from her cage LOL.



Some species are just naturally defensive and they'll never be "calm" in the way a ball python or boa constrictor is, no matter what you do. That's just how they are. And there are always docile individuals within the species that are out of the average.

So where do you get the joy from with him?

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She's doing great! I post her pics and videos sometimes on my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvUHo8AkAr/

She's 5 feet in length at adult size and hasn't grown for quite awhile, so very average for her species. Still spicy but has been much calmer when I handle her wearing gloves. Though frankly, she has still bitten the gloves a couple times while removing her from her cage LOL.



Some species are just naturally defensive and they'll never be "calm" in the way a ball python or boa constrictor is, no matter what you do. That's just how they are. And there are always docile individuals within the species that are out of the average.

So where do you get the joy from with him?

[redshepherd]

So where do you get the joy from with him?

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So where do you get the joy from with him?

Kind of like asking why anyone would own venomous snakes, green tree pythons, amazon tree boas, emerald tree boas, and many other snake species. I also have a green tree python who is not really handle-able.

She's a rather uncommon species, is fun to feed, fun to watch, fun to keep, and fun to take her out for videos as long as she doesn't bite me in the face. Sometimes snake keeping isn't about getting another puppy dog to sit in your lap and do nothing.