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Originally Posted by Terranaut
Why can you not handle a snake that small?
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I don't have the feeling or the coordination anymore. I've broken almost every finger at least once, sprained every finger at least once, broke several bones in my right hand, and I've got arthritis. My family doctor thinks I have carpal tunnel as well, but I haven't seen the specialist about that yet.
It makes it EXTREMELY difficult to pick up small things. You should see me trying to pick up a pencil off a hardwood floor. It's like trying to pick up a piece of spaghetti with an oven mitt, LOL. With larger snakes, its not so much a problem, but with something the size of this snake, I'm afraid I'm going to crush it trying to pick it up.
That's why the size discrepancy is such a big issue. That's why I paid more for a yearling than I did for yearling that what a hatchling would have cost.
That was the whole point, an average size yearling would have been something I could handle and work with now. It will take as long to ge this girl to handling size as it would to get a hatchling to handling size. If I was going to have to wait, what was the point of spending the extra money for something older.
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