I've decided to keep the praire kingsnake I caught for 3 weeks in order to see if he's a project I'm willing to commit to. He's legal.
I've estimated his age to be around 6 or 7 months.
He strikes a lot and gets into a very denfensive posture when trying to pick him up and I'm not exactly sure about the do's and don't's when it comes to taming him down a bit.
Do I lift him often or leave him be? I've set a limit of 30 minutes max of holding a day.
If he gets into his defensive posture do I leave him alone or just ignore this behavior?
and is it okay or bad habit to wear gloves that he can't bite through? I know that snakes can learn to associate things with certain events and I'm thinking that if I wear gloves to lift him and then start not wearing them that he will be more prone to bite because he doesn't recognize my bare hands. But if I don't wear gloves... I'm going to be bit often.
Holding him once he's up in my hands is no problem. Which is expected.
Thanks! and I'm fully open to criticism as long as it's constructive.
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