arampapik
02-11-05, 07:15 PM
I have a 20 inch California King Banded snake.
Whenever i try to pick her up to handle her, or just to get her out of her coconut, she always tries to attack me. Sometimes bites me. Its like shes on PMS 9 out of the 10 times i try to pick her up.
But i found out a trick. If you cover her head, and then as soon as you skin touches the snakes skin, you could uncover her head, but because you are touching her, she wont even THINK about striking at you.
After i pick her up, she is like an angel. Its amazing how they go from b*tch to angel as soon as you pick them up.
But then i do this on purpose. I put her on the ground, she slithers around for 30 seconds looking for somewhere dark to hide, but as soon as i TRY to pick her up again, there it is, the rattling tail, the striking pose, striking and missing, striking and missing. You think the snake might get the idea that your bigger and stronger then them, but she never gives up. Strikes, and misses, strikes, and misses and so on.
But again, i cover her head with a coconut, then as soon as my skin touches her skin or body, i remove the coconut and i can pick her up with no problems. Once again, shes an angel.
Have any of you noticed this?
Whenever i try to pick her up to handle her, or just to get her out of her coconut, she always tries to attack me. Sometimes bites me. Its like shes on PMS 9 out of the 10 times i try to pick her up.
But i found out a trick. If you cover her head, and then as soon as you skin touches the snakes skin, you could uncover her head, but because you are touching her, she wont even THINK about striking at you.
After i pick her up, she is like an angel. Its amazing how they go from b*tch to angel as soon as you pick them up.
But then i do this on purpose. I put her on the ground, she slithers around for 30 seconds looking for somewhere dark to hide, but as soon as i TRY to pick her up again, there it is, the rattling tail, the striking pose, striking and missing, striking and missing. You think the snake might get the idea that your bigger and stronger then them, but she never gives up. Strikes, and misses, strikes, and misses and so on.
But again, i cover her head with a coconut, then as soon as my skin touches her skin or body, i remove the coconut and i can pick her up with no problems. Once again, shes an angel.
Have any of you noticed this?