I recently got my first snake, very young normal ball. He (unsexed) is a pretty fella. It's been almost a week since I purchased him. I have not attempted feeding nor had I handled him at all today.
My boyfriend has a 5 year old daughter. She has been exposed to a variety of animals in her short life as her father and II apparently have an addiction to sweet animals. He and I are very passionate about them.
Anyway, she is usually very respectful of our pets but this is our first snake. She has held a few and petted many. But he is very new and she met him for the first time yesterday.
I took him out today today as she has been dying to see him (as was i). He did very well. I kept his head away from her as she softly petted him (clean hands before and after)
But she did get very excited and scared him a bit. But he calmed down and I let him slither off my arm back to his hide to relax.
She only is with us every other weekend. I stay home so I have time to get him more use to being handled. I plan on starting with 5 minutes a day or every other day.
I really just want to know tips for when they do interact. Obviously, she won't be touching without supervision or anything like that. But she is getting to an age where she wants to help take care of our animals and such.
I obviously put her safety first and our pets but I would like her to feel included so she is more curious to learn and remain without fear.
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