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Originally Posted by Big_V
Nope 20 years of experience with these creatures and I am going to stick by what the chondro godfathers taught us.
Bubble,
It is beneficial for you holding the snake yes, but is causing undue stress on the animal as well as leading to a situation in where an already hyped up chondro is now being held so shortly after a meal. Which is bad for arboreal snakes. I dont know of any big name chondro keeper that uses this technique or recommends it to their clients. Most advise against it because the snakes will condition themselves to know the prey item is coming next and start to snap in the cage thinking its time to eat.
I hold every single one of my chondros, physical examination are a key part of chondro husbandry and needed to be part of any collection of any species.
I understood completely but once again I can yell from 2 inches or whisper from 2 inches and none of my chondros is going to react to it. The talking helps the handler calm down, the snake is not going to become Pavlovian trained in any way because of sound via persons mouth. They would much more likely recognize a persons smell than anything else.
Hope that helps.
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You have to be funniest person alive. When you get 2 inches from a chondros face and yell while it in its environment please take video i would love to see it and i didnt give a time limit on when to pick up your chondro after feeding. You must not know how to read. All of this is my experience and you are making yourself look like an ***. another thing i never said get a neonate to start with, i said a young one typo said youngster. Please stay off my post and bother someone else
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