Quote Originally Posted by wonderwhitters View Post
Hey all! So Poe, my BP hasn't been handled a whole lot yet, as we are trying to let him acclimate. Also had two successful feedings, and a shed cycle with us and we've only had him a few weeks now. That being said, I got him out today for the first time in a week and he was extremely scared and struck at me 4-5 times. I figured he'd be warming up to us and realizing we aren't going to harm him by now, but he's still pretty angry. How do you get your BPs to calm down, become more comfortable being handled/around you?

I'm a very patient person, and happy to do anything that will help get him more comfortable with us. That being said, I do hope he eventually warms up to us so we can handle him on occasion/interact with him/give him some exercise outside his home.
So the animal is striking at you AFTER you have picked it up? Or he struck at you 4-5 times before you could pick him up?