How often do you handle your snakes?

[lambert]

I try to handle my snakes, all three of them, multiple times a day!! I think the more you handle them, the more less likely you are to getting bit by them and the more tame and docile they are. If I don't have time for more than once a day, they are at least handled once a day! Seeming how two are Burmese, and roughly 6 feet long and my one Ball who is just over 4 feet, I need them to remain my pets, and I really feel in order to have that happen, they need just as much attention as you would a cat or dog. Just my opinion!!

[Jay]

Originally Posted by lambert

I try to handle my snakes, all three of them, multiple times a day!! I think the more you handle them, the more less likely you are to getting bit by them and the more tame and docile they are. If I don't have time for more than once a day, they are at least handled once a day! Seeming how two are Burmese, and roughly 6 feet long and my one Ball who is just over 4 feet, I need them to remain my pets, and I really feel in order to have that happen, they need just as much attention as you would a cat or dog. Just my opinion!!

You are most likely stressing your snakes out, they will never become tame.

[stephanbakir]

Originally Posted by jay0133

You are most likely stressing your snakes out, they will never become tame.

Jay speaketh the truth.

[lambert]

I don't think I stress them out. They are more than willing to come out of their 100 gallon aquarium. If I open the lid to put fresh water in, which is a daily thing, they wanna come out. What am I suppose to do, tell them no, and shove them back in???? If it was stressful for them, wouldn't they just stay in the tank when I opened the lid???? Just food for thought!!! I don't "make" them do anything they don't want to do. They have minds of their own, I just let them do as they please.