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Originally Posted by MesoCorney
MDT by definition acclimation is getting used to a new environment and trust is expecting the same results. Acclimation does not apply to what I was talking about.
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Ok...I'll restate. Your snake neither knows you or trusts you. Mine do not "know" me or "trust" me.
My retics could give a rat's behind who or what i am....when I open the enclosure, it's game time. Unless I break that response by tapping with a snake stick, paper towel roll, etc, if I put my hand in the enclosure, I will get bitten. Every. Single. Time.
Once I break that response, I can manipulate them out of the cage, but I will not let my guard down. I know what they are capable of.
That is their genetically imprinted behavior. That is what a retic "is". That is what I love about these amazingly beautiful animals. But there is no reciprocity on their part.