How to keep retics on the smaller side? (Mainlands)

[OctagonGecko729]

I hate to put this out there, and in no way am suggesting it is ok, but in situations like this I wonder how many people keep knives or whatever near when they handle their large snakes alone. Not that anyone would ever want to harm their pet but when it would come down to them or the snake the answer would be obvious. Again I'm not suggesting that it is ok, nor do I or would I own a large snake unless I could get someone else to be there with me to handle it. Just kinda putting it out there as I'm sure it happens more than people would like to say. On that note the pet store I frequent recently stopped buying from one of their local breeders because, long story short, word got to the pet store that the breeder got bit and wrapped up (to an unknown extent to me....possibly just his arm) by one of his larger boas and he ended up slamming the boa against the wall a few times until he thought it was dead....well it turns out it never did die. Sorry for dragging that out but I just thought it was worth mentioning the mentality of some snake keepers.

Killing the animal is almost never necessary. Snakes don't have contempt for humans and want to kill them. If they did, you would see mainlands regularly killing their keepers. These animals are so much more powerful then a human there isn't a single thing you could do if it wanted to kill you.

The reality is that every time a snake constricts a human it has mistaken it is a food source. Many have dubbed this as a SFE (stupid feeding error). It is always the keepers fault when this happens. Since these animals only constrict humans when they mistake them for food all you need to do is "un-mistake" them.

This can be done by keeping 40%+ alchohal in a spray bottle or using Listerine mouthwash in a spray bottle. Spraying this in their mouth burns and tingles just like it does humans who have never come into contact with the substances. It is like a smack right to their senses and they will recoil with vigor. This can sometimes be done by dunking animals in cold water quickly as well. If this doesn't snap them out of it then yes you can reach down and break a tail tip, this will also cause them to recoil from you. "I" also would never recommend someone to keep a animal that is 8ft+ without another capable person in the house that is available to be in the room every time you interact with the animal (cleaning, feeding, handling).