Agree with above suggestions- & especially about not handling a new snake of any age* until after they've fed at least 3 times for you at normal intervals (with
the only refusals for being in shed cycle). This is how you gauge their stress level, & eating is FAR more important that getting to know your snakes- they're not
"social" pets, really, & keep in mind that older* snakes may be even MORE stressed by re-homing because they've lived longer in one place- snakes survive by
learning their way around, & they don't understand how & why their entire world as they knew it suddenly disappeared & was replaced by a new one, whether or
not it's "suitable", it just weirds them out. Sorta like if we were suddenly abducted by aliens, eh?
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