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    Big Gopher Snake

    ok so yesterday i adopted a 6 foot albino gopher snake from my herp society. i handled her at the presidents house and she was really cool. So for 24 hours i gave her sometime to chill and i had to take her out to do some stuff with the cage. Well she will NOT let me touch her i got her just barely off the ground and she was hissing SOOOOO LOUD and she thinks she is a rattle snake so my question to you is do i take her out and show her whos boss or do i leave her be for a week? thanks -Josh

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    Let it settle in.

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    Handle her now.
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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    You answered your own question. If you know you should wait a week, why are you only waiting a day?

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    Handle her now.
    LOL the only snake that I have handled without a weeks wait, was my Retic.

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    well im very impatient so im gonna let her settle for a few more days offer her a rat wait three more days and then get some pics. =]

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    I don't think snakes relate to time the same way we do, especially if they're sitting in a cage.

    Anyway, do what you think is right. That's what I would do.
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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    As I mentioned when you adopted her, gopher's are notorious for hissing up a storm. It's mostly all bluff

    I'd still let her be for a week. She's NOT hurting for food and that will give her time to get used to another new location. Since we had just gotten her in, she's had a couple of new places this last week.

    Just remember that she's going to be around for a long time. No need to hurry this phase of her adjustment.

    And, for now, here's some pics for everyone that we took of her when she came in. She's at least 10yrs old and eating F/T large rats

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    that is the coolest lookin gopher i have ever seen.

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    Gophers are one of my favorite colubrids. Along with bullsnakes, they are just darn impressive!

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    Re: Big Gopher Snake

    What a looker! Wow! A gopher is so on my wish list. I love me them big colubrids!
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