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    Corn handeling tip of the day.

    So I got a two year old Miami a couple weeks ago at a reptile show near me.
    Figured I will be able to breed her with my male Reverse Okeetee next year.
    She doesn't want to eat for me but everything is new to her and she isn't under weight and looks very healthy.
    So just today I was waiting for my wife to get ready to go to lunch, got the snake out for some socializing to get her used to me.
    Been doing this about every other day, and she isn't hard to hang on to at all.
    Now for the tip of the day, I was sitting at the foot of the bed and she stuck her head between my arm and my side headed for my hip.
    I went to pull her back up and, I couldn't get her back.
    So I stood up and looking in a mirror I could see that she had gone into my phone holster ( with no phone in it ) and turned back and stitched herself a couple times in the loops of the leather.
    At this point I went and got my wife to help me and when my wife got ahold of the snake it pushed its tail through a belt loop and locked on.
    Took us about 10 minuets to get her out of the tangle.

    The tip: DON'T LET THEM GET DOWN BESIDE YOU!
    Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

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    One of the rat snakes I used to have liked to thread herself thru the belt loops on my jeans...she remembered & faithfully headed there on multiple occasions.
    Hey, snakes LEARN their way around in the wild, for places to hide, get water & hunt...we shouldn't be surprised that they learn & recall their human landscapes.

    Here's another tip: never lay in a rope hammock with your snakes!
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    Here is a tip for your tip. Trying to untangle them is futile! Once they are wrapped up if you tap on their tail with your finger tip it encourages them to slither forward. Guide their head away from the object they are tangled in (so they don't continue to get tangled) and continue touching or tapping their tail.
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    Not related, but if you want to get your snake eating you shouldn't be handling the snake. Handling shouldn't be done until the animal is eating reliably.

    How much experience keeping snakes do you have? It seems to me like someone just learning basic handling and who doesn't know to hold off on handling until the animal is eating might not be experienced enough to be thinking about breeding these animals....

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    Re: Corn handeling tip of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by 67temp View Post
    Here is a tip for your tip. Trying to untangle them is futile! Once they are wrapped up if you tap on their tail with your finger tip it encourages them to slither forward. Guide their head away from the object they are tangled in (so they don't continue to get tangled) and continue touching or tapping their tail.
    Yea I don't have experience doing it with other snakes, but my ETB responds really well to this. You can get her off a perch in an instant with a tickle to the tail.
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    Re: Corn handeling tip of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by Craiga 01453 View Post
    Not related, but if you want to get your snake eating you shouldn't be handling the snake. Handling shouldn't be done until the animal is eating reliably.

    How much experience keeping snakes do you have? It seems to me like someone just learning basic handling and who doesn't know to hold off on handling until the animal is eating might not be experienced enough to be thinking about breeding these animals....
    I have had snakes sense the late 1960s.
    Some days its just not worth chewing through the restraints

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    Re: Corn handeling tip of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pine View Post
    I have had snakes sense the late 1960s.
    And another attempted conversation shared with humor lands with a thud...oops!

    Don't give up on us, Pine...sometimes using emojis can help. We're used to correcting husbandry problems & the advice was well-intentioned, I'm sure.

    To everyone else, you know what they say happens when we "assume"? Not everyone with few posts or who joined recently is a newcomer to snake-keeping.

    What I've always loved about snakes is that they stick their tongues out at every one of us. So lighten up!
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    Re: Corn handeling tip of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by Pine View Post
    I have had snakes sense the late 1960s.
    Oh....ok.
    Your post made it seem like you were new to the hobby, first learning how to handle snakes. Generally speaking, most experienced keepers know to hold off on handling when a new animal isn't eating. So I guess I was thrown off.

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    My first corn snake loved belt loops. And necklaces/lanyards. Any time she was out, she'd find a way to firmly anchor herself wrapped through through one or the other.

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    Re: Corn handeling tip of the day.

    Quote Originally Posted by Meghenebk View Post
    My first corn snake loved belt loops. And necklaces/lanyards. Any time she was out, she'd find a way to firmly anchor herself wrapped through through one or the other.
    Oh yes! Jewelry can actually be dangerous, for anyone that doesn't know. Necklaces for sure, but unless you want to go thru life without earlobes, don't wear hoop earrings around snakes either. It's not as if they're out to get us, they're just looking for traction & "toe-holds". Pay close attention to children handling snakes, as they just don't have the forethought that comes with years of experience. (sadly, some adults don't either)
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