How often can I/should I handle my bp?

[Slim]

Let them settle in for about two weeks and make sure they ate a few meals and then you can handle them daily except for feeding day and during shedding. And most importantly wait 48 hours after feeding so they do not regurge.

THIS!!! Plus, the more your handle you snakes, the more you'll get a feel for their individual personalities. Some tolerate regular handling, and become very relaxed. Some never really take to it much. The key is learning your animal and being able to read it's stress signs.

[Raven01]

Regarding regurge. I've yet to have any snake regurge and have handled them the day after feeding if they've made a mess of their enclosure. Now, I don't walk around with them or try to get them to pose, they go into a holding tub while I fix whatever mess they've made and then return them to their clean habitat.

[Wizard]

THIS!!! Plus, the more your handle you snakes, the more you'll get a feel for their individual personalities. Some tolerate regular handling, and become very relaxed. Some never really take to it much. The key is learning your animal and being able to read it's stress signs.

and THIS!!!

Just make sure you support their whole body when handling them and come from underneath the head with the shy or nervous snake.


/EDIT/ And watch out for "sausage tail"...or be prepared to get pooped on.