Talk me out of this!

prairiepanda · 12-14-15, 04:45 PM

Hondos are great with handling if you start working on them young, but they are by no means display animals. I never see mine unless I'm taking her out myself. Even at feeding time, I have to take her hide away or else she'll just stay in there and ignore the rat! Also, I find that milk snakes in general only stay tame if you continue to handle them regularly. Go a few weeks without handling and suddenly they're back to poopy squirmy worm mode.

PsychoSnake · 12-14-15, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by prairiepanda

Hondos are great with handling if you start working on them young, but they are by no means display animals. I never see mine unless I'm taking her out myself. Even at feeding time, I have to take her hide away or else she'll just stay in there and ignore the rat! Also, I find that milk snakes in general only stay tame if you continue to handle them regularly. Go a few weeks without handling and suddenly they're back to poopy squirmy worm mode.

Yes, they hide the majority of the time. Mine only comes out to bath when in shed and when he smells mice he pokes his head out. They are absolute wiggle worms as babies.