How long do you handle your snake for?

[interloc]

I'm watching UFC tonight and my butter has spent the whole time watching with me.


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[DooLittle]

Totally depends on the snake, and their mood. My boa, he could hang out for ever, never wants to go back. My male pastel and my bee, could both also probably hang out as long as you want. These are the three we use for visits to my daughters school. My normal male and mojave male, they are touch and go, depends on the day, but mostly mellow. My female pastel and my butter......well, let's just say they can be peaches. More often than not they are only good for about five minutes. So, we have no "set" times. Just depends on the snake, and their mood on a given day. You will learn to read them.
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[Sita]

It depends. My foster, Loki (BP), I will sit with and hold for about 15-20 minutes, which is about long enough for him to decide it's safe to un-ball, explore me a little, explore the couch a little, then decide he wants to make a break for it.

My corn cross, Kira, I will hold until she stops and lifts her tail (which usually takes about 5 minutes!), scoot a paper towel under her butt and catch the poop, and then hold her until I decide I'm tired of constantly playing "staircase" with her (usually about 10 minutes).

Now Ryuu, my sweet BCI, I will have out for an hour or two, but some of the time it's not handling. He'll usually sit on me for about 20 minutes, then explore for a while, then settle down somewhere and just chill. Whenever he's exploring or chilling, I keep one hand on him to track him (since I'm usually watching TV at this time). I like my couch, because the only way he could get into it is by getting on the floor and going up underneath. That means he can poke around in the cushions all he wants, and since they're loose, I can just dig him out again. My boyfriend came home one day and asked, "why is your hand under the cushion?" (as I'm laying there watching TV). "Because Ryuu's in there" "Ohh.....you're weird."

My newest rescue, another BCI, I haven't held other than to clean his tub and give him a bath, since I am battling mites with him.

[MarkS]

Typically I'll handle them for as long as it takes to clean the cage. There are a few that I like to handle a lot, but most of them are handled once a week during cage cleaning.

[Rob]

I let my animal decide how long, most of my balls don't mind being out for 20 mins before I can tell they want back in. But I'm pretty sure my Boas would be just fine being out and about all day.

[Mike41793]

Depends on the bp and what mood theyre in. Sometimes up to an hour but usually not much longer than that and thts rare. Normally its about 10 min handling sessions while i clean. I either pass them to my brother or just setup them in the recliner to chill while i clean out their tub.

[elduki]

10 minutes a week during clean up time

[Gio]

We started with 5 mins a crack and not more than 2 times per week. However depending on what the definition of "handle" is it varies for us. We probably had a 30+ minute go the other day. but that was the snake chilling on my chest while I was resting and my son was lying next to me. We usually let her crawl or curl up wherever she wants and we just watch her.

As far as active handling, we keep touching and picking up to a minimum.

Aaron (Serpent Merchant) also told us to learn from the snake. So if all our temps are spot on (they are) and something changes in the eating pattern, my guess would be we've had too much contact.

I like UFC with the snake comment. I watched it last night too. I think with snake in lap and a nice beverage on the side would have been perfect. We have some work before that chilling can go down however.

[Frank A Tambone Jr]

I don't know if this is a bad thing , but mine seems to always want to be out of the cage. Got him a week ago , he is around 3ft and breeder said he was relatively 2 1/2 3 years old. I would say he feel extremely comfortable I have had him out for hours , he hangs on my should or around my forearm and hand. Also loves to curl around my neck . I don't really "handle him or pet him a lot " when he is out but he does chill. Is this okay or should I lower the amount of time I have him out?

[Mike41793]

I don't know if this is a bad thing , but mine seems to always want to be out of the cage. Got him a week ago , he is around 3ft and breeder said he was relatively 2 1/2 3 years old. I would say he feel extremely comfortable I have had him out for hours , he hangs on my should or around my forearm and hand. Also loves to curl around my neck . I don't really "handle him or pet him a lot " when he is out but he does chill. Is this okay or should I lower the amount of time I have him out?

Not really a problem imo as long as he keeps eating and doesnt seem too stressed out from it.