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[CloudtheBoa]

Incidentally , how are the ones with hides ?
Any sign of viv defensiveness ... would you put your hands near the entrance whilst they're in it to change the water or spot clean ?
Just wondering ?

A Retic breeder said to me years ago ' you don't want a 13' Retic shooting out of hide at you !'

A few of them are always ready for food when I walk by but once I actually get in there and grab them they're fine. Cloud lately has been striking at me when I walk by but I'm not sure what's going on with him...I've increased his feeding frequency and even his prey size slightly and he just doesn't seem 100% lately. I didn't even really fast him this winter because of it. So most likely not hide-related. He's always been the most docile least willing to bite snake in the past, and has always been offered multiple hides.

Nymeria is much like Cloud has been, she doesn't show any interest when I enter the room. Only Howl and now Cloud comes out to greet me in hopes of food. Both snap out of it once I get the hook and reach in for them. Crona used to look for food at the slightest movement, but he's doing that less and less, and Tirel only reacts if she's already awake. If she's sleeping she's dead to the world.

Crona first arrived being snappy but not hissy. He started out with 4-5 hides and a big vine that takes up nearly 50% of the floor space. I added 1-2 extra hides and he quickly calmed down. He still has his moments, but he's really only bit me once in months and that was because he was in shed. Tirel doesn't get snappy at all but she's quick to hiss at you especially when in shed. But she's only bit me while I was giving her her shots.

River is the typical retic, always jumping at the opportunity for food and always greets me when I come in. If she doesn't come see me I know she's shedding. She's only shown defensive behaviors twice and that was over a year ago for the last time and both happened while I had her already outside her enclosure. She asks questions before attacking her food, and I have yet to have her come at me in anything more than interest while in her enclosure.

As far as putting my hands near their hides, unless they have their heads poking out yes I have no qualms putting them near their hides, but I'd be going out of my way to stick my hands in front of their hides to do a water change. Lol

Also, the only two boas I am currently using a hook with are Cloud and Howl, because of their feeding response. I use it with River just to be sure she's not questioning whether I have food or not. I have not had to use a hook with Cloud before the past few months... I can pick up most of them as I wish whenever and not fear a bite. At most Tirel or Crona might give me a short lived huff (outside of shed). I also do not make a spectacle of getting them out and just reach in and pick them up, taking the time to rub them with a hook or whatever generally just pisses them off.


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