Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

That was a really good read till you dropped the bomb shell.ouch
feeding responses are always a shock especially out the blue , my oldest female when I first had her was 4 and i thought she was as tame as kahlos my big albino, but she was crawling round my lads legs and he tried to unwind her that's when he got bit, in front of her and i think that scared her a bit but not really said anything since but that was over 4years ago .I won't get her out when she's home now ,don't want to push my luck but still get the others out in the garden and she just looks at them , her grandkids love them thank goodness and are always stroking them when I've got them out
That was all really positive especially Katie getting her out etc, she will lighten back up as you know,
Fingers crossed she was overtired and wasn't thinking straight
Good luck

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Thanks Richard.

Obviously, if I had to re-home Behira versus loosing Katie, it's a no brainer. However, I don't think Behira, or I, deserve to be in that position. She made one "mistake" and has never shown aggression or come close to anything resembling that while out. She had a confusing moment and two seconds later, was calm and let me pick her up.

I told Katie tonight that I was proud of her for taking Behira out for the first time and it looked like she had a good time with her. She responded with, don't read into that and think I like her, and I didn't enjoy holding her.

I think sometimes, like everyone, Katie just likes to be combative and/or refuses to admit that she might have enjoyed Behira tonight if that means she is wrong and Behira really is a good animal.

It's human nature.

Again, going to focus on the positives from tonight.

I told Katie if Behira was a viscous animal, I wouldn't want to keep her either. I told her when I was younger, I had gotten a king snake from a breeder and all it ever thought about was food and it was defensive. I tried working with it for a few weeks, but to no avail. I ended up giving it back to the breeder. I didn't know enough to work with it longer and I didn't want a defensive and food crazed animal.

However, Behira is clearly not that. I asked Katie to be rational and trust me. We will see where that gets us.

Thank again Richard. I'll keep everyone in the loop.