Share a habitat? - Page 2

marionsclan · 07-08-11, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

They bite because they see us as a threat - as we would if something 20 times as big as us scooped us up of the floor. 99% of bites from reptiles are the fault of the person getting bit - tho there are the odd snakes that will bite just cos they can!

So you're saying they don't recognize us at all by sound and smell and therefore don't trust us even after several years of feeding and handling them?

Lankyrob · 07-08-11, 04:26 AM

I beleive that after a time they accept us as a non predator - and that they therefore tolerate some handling by us. But even after 20 years if you stick your hand into a bucket of rats and then try to pick them up you WILL get bit.

SnakeyJay · 07-08-11, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I beleive that after a time they accept us as a non predator - and that they therefore tolerate some handling by us. But even after 20 years if you stick your hand into a bucket of rats and then try to pick them up you WILL get bit.

So true.. Feeding instinct will over rule "trust"...

Gungirl · 07-08-11, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Even with my retic i will put my bare hand into the viv with no worries to do cleaning or to pick him up etc. he knows when its feeding time (in his viv) cos the plate appears.

I am going to start doing this! ^^^ I love the idea and it would make life much simpler.

Lankyrob · 07-08-11, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Gungirl

I am going to start doing this! ^^^ I love the idea and it would make life much simpler.

It is great to be "in charge" of his feeding response - kinda the same theory as hook training - they respond to the same stimulus in the same way so they know no plate=no food and plate=food. Hook on head=no food, no hook on head=food.

Kinda the only "training" that you can do with regard to feeding response i think.