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Re: Everyone has that one snake...
Right now we have a tiny okeetee corn snake that is just a little jerk. She gets so defensive if you stick your hand in there. She puffs up, rattles her little tail, says mean things about your mother, and strikes. She will hopefully grow out of it. The adult we have has the personality of Winnie the pooh, he just seems like a big goof.
Aside from that almost every snake I have owned has been pretty mellow, even my rainbow boas.
I'm not your friend buddy!
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Re: Everyone has that one snake...
Originally Posted by Zincubus
Well my psychotic snake the Red Thai Bamboo rat snake ( Latin name Devilish Swine ) ..is well documented
This is him casually chilling out , just waiting for me ...
This is me getting ready to feed him ..
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This☝️hahahaha maybe I should invest into something of that nature for Daenerys and Anubis....My Boa is starting to make me a tad un nerved at times, her movements are so jerky and unpredictable. Yes I’m hook training hahaha
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my Coffee Bean (Super Cinnamon) came to me as a feisty 90g noodle. within 24 hrs of being home, she was striking the side of her 32qt tub like crazy and never seemed to relax. i decided to move her into a 12qt and just try and stuff her face; she ate within 48 hrs of being home!
as she grew, she seemed to become more and more defensive around me, but she ate real good! handling with her was a 0/10: she would just sit there waiting for me to get close enough for her to eat; she literally would not move from her S pose. she was the first snake i ever got bit by when she was just ~170g; i went to pick her up and she whipped around and got me. she remained defensive up until ~350g.
over time, with short and frequent handling, she tamed out, and she's tamed out really well! i can touch her head and guide her wherever i need her to be. she's still the only snake i don't allow others to hold tho lol.
EDIT: obligatory photo
Last edited by tttaylorrr; 07-09-2018 at 11:31 AM.
4.4 ball python
1.0 Albino ✮ 0.1 Coral Glow ✮ 0.1 Super Cinnamon paradox ✮ 1.0 Piebald ✮ 0.1 Pastel Enchi Leopard het Piebald ✮ 1.0 Coral Glow het Piebald ✮
1.0 corn snake
1.0 Hypo ✮
1.0 crested gecko
0.1 ???? ✮
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My spinner has been possessed by the snake devil since i got him lol. Ive had him a year, and hes still the same. Striking constantly. That's why I named him Gremlin haha. But i love him!
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1.0 Spinner BP(Gremlin)
1.0 Pied BP(Goblin)
1.0 Banana Black Pastel BP(Dobby)
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0.1 Spider BP(Genesi)
1.0 Champagne BP(Jupiter)
1.0 Champagne Pastel Het Axanthic BP(BeetleJuice)
1.0 Biak Green Tree Python(Loki)
1.0 Western Hognose(Kai)
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Re: Everyone has that one snake...
Originally Posted by Zincubus
Well my psychotic snake the Red Thai Bamboo rat snake ( Latin name Devilish Swine ) ..is well documented
This is him casually chilling out , just waiting for me ...
This is me getting ready to feed him ..
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i literally just LOL,d!
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Re: Everyone has that one snake...
Originally Posted by djansen
Right now we have a tiny okeetee corn snake that is just a little jerk. She gets so defensive if you stick your hand in there. She puffs up, rattles her little tail, says mean things about your mother, and strikes. She will hopefully grow out of it. The adult we have has the personality of Winnie the pooh, he just seems like a big goof.
Aside from that almost every snake I have owned has been pretty mellow, even my rainbow boas.
I've had many corn snakes, bred Okeetees, & still have 5 (various) corn snakes: your tiny one sounds normal, considering that so many birds would just think "worm!"
& gulp him down. Some hatchling corns are mellow but they'd probably not survive for long in the wild, so just think of yours as a survivor! And just be patient, she'll
more than likely out-grow it just fine, corns are awesome pets, easy to feed & easy to handle. BTW, have you noticed that even if your hatchling corn "bites" you, you
can't even feel their teeth!? they're too small to even break the skin, hahahaha!
Try to imagine being so tiny and confronted with GIANT HUMANS & your instincts say that which picks you up is a PREDATOR -that's where she's coming from, she's
definitely not a "jerk", she just wants to live a while.
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Re: Everyone has that one snake...
My okeetee did that if I gave him time to see me coming. If I picked him up smoothly straight after lifting his hide, he would usually do the zoom and flee for a minute and settle down. Took longer the smaller he was, but never too long. The only time he did the "rawr, fear me" act was once when I hesitated seeing him in blue the first time (@ 8 grams). He kind of just bounced off a fingernail the only strike he tried that even touched me, as blind as he was.
I managed to get a picture of it. So scary.
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You're right, pretends2bnormal, that is truly terrifying! Hope you don't need therapy for too long...?
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Everyone has that one snake...
Hatchling LTRs are tetchy as well
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Tinman, my Silver Bullet boy, is just that a bullet coming for u! he's always tensed and ready to strike.
he actually struck Shadowpuppet, the girl who's going into blue in the upper left in this photoshoot right after i snapped this pix. that's Scarecrow in the middle and deep blue. Tinman is lower right of couse, u can see he's kinda tense and already wound up lol.
RIP Mamba
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