New Green tree Python, and... Mites.

[jsmorphs2]

Bummer your new GTP has mites. Here is a good thread about how to treat GTPs with Prevent-a-mite. Since they are arboreal there are a few tips like spraying the perch.

http://moreliaviridis.yuku.com/topic.../Proven-A-Mite

How big is it right now? Maybe post some pictures. With green trees you don't want to handle them for the first year or so due to how fragile their spines are. After that they can be very nice snakes to handle but with most things you may have to work with them a bit to get them to trust you. Ours are all very mellow.

Oh, and Signal has a great article about handling tips to avoid bites. Also, do you know what locality it is?

http://www.signalherp.com/whybebitten.pdf

[Skittles1101]

Ours are all very mellow.

for a sec...

Is there any truth to what I've heard, that if you are going to handle them you should do so at night or they'll take your hand off? Just curious lol.

[jsmorphs2]

for a sec...

Is there any truth to what I've heard, that if you are going to handle them you should do so at night or they'll take your hand off? Just curious lol.

Actually you want to avoid night handling because they hunt at night. I don't think I'd go after one at night if some one paid me, lol. Their feeding response is a lot more heightened than a BP. If you handle them during the day just touch them gently or tap their perch with a snake hook to wake them up a bit to avoid a bite from startling them.

[Skittles1101]

Actually you want to avoid night handling because they hunt at night. I don't think I'd go after one at night if some one paid me, lol. Their feeding response is a lot more heightened than a BP. If you handle them during the day just touch them gently or tap their perch with a snake hook to wake them up a bit to avoid a bite from startling them.

I must have had it mixed up then, I knew there was a time of day you'd lose a limb