taming

[urd]

i have had my bcc for 6 weeks and have, after much trying finally got it to eat. now it is much less shy and no longer strikes randomly when you go near it.

i was just wondering if anyone knew of any effective methods of taming bcc's. this is my first boid( all my other snakes are colubrids). thanx for any input!:)

[BoidKeeper]

Gentle peroirds of handling a few times a week. Start low and move up to longer and longer periods. I the mean time it's not a bad idea to take it out with a hook. I belive this to be less stressful on the animal and most bites occure while taking the snake out or putting it back in it's cage.
Cheers,
Trevor

[urd]

thanx m8, i will try that!

[Invictus]

Trevor gives very good advice. I second his post. :)

[BoidKeeper]

no he doesn't. in fact I heard he's a bit of a tard!

[shaggy135]

I have snake that used to be like that. She still acts they way every now and then. But I would cover her up with a towel and then pick her up. That way she couldn't see what I was doing til she was out of her cage. Then I would let her do her thing and calm down until she was comfortable and came out/off of the towel. You'll just have to handle your snake a lot to get it to be less aggressive.

Hope that helps,
Good luck,

[Invictus]

lol Trevor. I don't even have a witty retort. :P

[hip]

I must agree with boid keeper, That Trevor is a dolt for sure (he even admitted to "loving a Keiths product") Although he is bigger than me I run very fast. Damm he could not even finish a drink of very good very old Scotch.( Too fussy I say) Then again it was like 11:00 in the morning. Say Hi to your mom for me Trev (His mom loves me to death).






La cerveza mas fina anyone?



Hip

[BoidKeeper]

ROFLMAO!
Mom says hi and dad wants his $50.

[Optimus Prime]

What works for me is gentle peroids of handleing no more then 5 mins at a time every other day...This is after the boa has been acclimated and feeding regularily!