Hi there, and hello! I`m aaron from Scotland, i couldn`t find a hello thread, so hope its ok for me to just ask questions?


OK, so here goes.... I have had my Royal for 6 weeks now, and he is 6 months old. He does seem very nervous/head shy?? He lives in a small 4L rub with heat mat, mat stat, hot and cold hides, hot end at 32, and its in a quiet bedroom. He eats fine, poo`s like a good un`and he strike feeds everytime on tues night on med mice, and weights about 130+ grams. I get him out every night for 10 mins or so, I always slowly approach him from the side, and give him 3 or so gentle strokes half way down his body, then lift him out of the rub & let him on the bed with a few kitchen rolls to slide in and out of and he seems to enjoy this, after a 2 min slow start, he has never hissed or shown any signs or aggression. But him being nervous can make me a tiny bit nervous too..

SO - is he a Royal just being a young shy Royal or are there things I can do to make him less nervous? its just that I handled a corn snake yesterday and he seemed very confident and was exploring all over me!

thanks all,