Thanks alot guys! Well I have a Chrysopelea on my hands here, Chrysopelea Paradisi, and I have read that it does readily bite but those are mostly on wild specimes; there is very little literature on keeping them in captivity. Well at least now I'd be a little more at ease knowing they get less affected by stress from handling than my BPs. I've had him nearly a month, I did let him settle in for a couple of weeks and start eating before trying my luck with handling. Still extremely frightened and nippy. Its rear fanged and mildly venemous, so I do take precaution and use cloth gloves over rubber ones, although at the moment too small to get a hold of my finger or pierce my skin.
Some sources do state that this species would more or less remain this way, others say that exposure to handling from young should calm it down. I was just wondering whether its true that certain species or certain snakes with a particular 'personality' would somehow never get used to handling. Are they that incapable of routines, memory and learning? And is it true that some snakes just should NOT be handled due to their nature? Like how I've seen people say that Green Tree Pythons are better off display snakes, and should be handled less.
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