Bite me!

[ncbloods]

Connie and Snakey are right. Tapping a blood on the head with a hook will probably have the opposite reaction that you're looking for. I personally won't use a hook for any of my bloods, even the meanest ones. When I'm having to handle my meaner bloods, I wear a Carhartt coat and leather gloves and pick them up like any other snake. Back to the original question a little bit though, I've never had a blood chew on me. I've had a few hold on, but most of the time they let go pretty quickly. They just hit really hard. If you are going to get a hook, make sure you use one designed for large snakes. They are wider and don't have a pointed end.

[RichardA]

Hognose and other rear fanged colubrids do chew, not in the same way as mammals.....they work the fangs into place by chewing back and forth.


I have "hook-trained" some of my more aggressive boids.....not to pic them up or by tapping them on the head, but instead by gently rubbing the hook down the side of them right before I reach in, that gets them awake and knowing its not a nice rat laying on em....lol

[Ballpython2]

thanks everyone for your responses. it seems like more likely than not I'll have to use use my regular old hands to do the job of letting a Blood get to know me and I'll probably just wear some gloves or something to that effect.

I think I'll be getting it sometime today, if I do Ill take pictures as soon as i can and put them on here for yall.

One more question please,

I'm kind of confused about how many bloods species/genus there are..Are there two of them? and one species gets much bigger than the other? or are there two genus(es) of them and one genus get bigger than the other.

Also to tell the difference between two species it goes by how deep the red is? or if its more orange- like?

[Ballpython2]

Ok here he/she is.

It did hiss at me but I'm going to leave her/him alone for a day or two.

The woman I got it from said it eats frozen thawed so thats what I'll be feeding it.

I already covered the floor of the bin with newspapers so the snake isnt directly on the UTH.

Can someone let me know exactly what genus/species of Blood I have here.
thanks in advance.

[ncbloods]

It looks to me like you've got yourself a brongersmai.

One more question please,

I'm kind of confused about how many bloods species/genus there are..Are there two of them? and one species gets much bigger than the other? or are there two genus(es) of them and one genus get bigger than the other.

Also to tell the difference between two species it goes by how deep the red is? or if its more orange- like?

There are 3 species of bloods:
p. brongersmai (bloods, reds)
p. breitensteini (borneos)
p. curtus (blacks)

With brongersmai generally being the largest, and curtus generally being the smallest. Color is not an entirely accurate way to tell the difference. I have red, yellow, and brown brongersmais.

Congrats on the pickup

[ncbloods]

Sorry for the double post, I should have mentioned this the last time, but you need temp control on your uth. Almost all of my bloods spend more time under their newspaper than above it.

You'll fry your snake if you don't control your temps

[snakey68]

very nice, yes I agree with George definately a Brongersmai by the looks of it. As said make sure and regulate the temps leave well alone for a while to settle in and find out what you have Male or Female.

The males you have to slap on the back when they do something good and the females you need to stroke their back and talk nice to them just like the real world ......I am obviously kidding please dont slap your snake

[Ballpython2]

Ok yea I had what i think was a thermostate but i dont think i kept it so ill get a new one how much are those temp guns???

[ncbloods]

http://www.tempgun.com/main.html

[Ballpython2]

those arent bad prices at all, i thought they were gonna be crazy high.