How much handling is too much?

[theoremofgoats]

When monty is out, she doesn't sit still. She doesn't ball up. She wants to know what's going on. I think it's good for them to get out and stretch once in a while.

Yours is still a baby, even if she got mad enough to strike you, it won't hurt, but it will be a warning to put her back. She will let you know if she's stressed out. I keep my handling down to 20-25 minutes every other day, skipping three days before and after feeding. And shedding. She seems to not mind.

Ha! My ball's name is Monty too. And yours acts like mine.

She was a little strikey in the beginning-when I first got her-which is why I left her alone for the first two weeks. She also hasn't balled up since a couple of days after I got her. Once she was finally eating regularly, I started with about 15 minutes of handling each day. I also give about two days between feedings and leave her completely alone while shedding, depending on how long that takes.

But for the past few weeks, she's started this whole new thing of always wanting to explore and not wanting to go back in her cage-I just wanted to make sure this was okay, because it seems a little weird from what I've researched before getting her. But all snakes have their own personalities. Like I said in a previous post, my corn snake does NOT like to come out at all, and they're typically pretty easy going. He's a little devil, but we love him anyhow.