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#1977804
Mikeyp
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Temperment question 
I know before I bought Carnage I heard things about bloods being mean and aggressive. I knew obviously that all snakes are different and it might take time to work with them for them to trust you. I bought mine through NERD and only had him nip at me twice, and that was within the first 5 days I had him. Other then that he is just an awesome snake and has never tried anything. I was wondering what other people have dealt with allowing their snake to become accustomed to them?
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03/31/09 10:27am
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#1978126
Pythonpetey
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Message To: Mikeyp In reference to Message Id: 1977804
Temperment question
Crunch went through a period where he was an absolute terror, and would strike unprovoked if given an opportunity. Fortunately, he settled down before we gave up on him, and has been as good-tempered as our ball pythons for the past six months. We didn’t do anything different with Crunch than with the ball pythons. We try to handle them between 10 and 30 minutes per day unless they are in shed or the first 3 days after eating. I am very careful to fully support Crunch, as he is so heavy bodied.
One difference from the ball pythons is that I have learned how to read Crunch’s moods. I also use a wood dowel to wake him up and let him know that I am getting ready to handle him. Once I get his new enclosure from Animal Plastics (I just bought one of the T10 enclosures which is 4’ x 2’ x 15" high), I will invest in a snake hook to wake him up and pull him out of his enclosure.
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03/31/09 08:21pm
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#1978436
Mikeyp
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Message To: Pythonpetey In reference to Message Id: 1978126
Temperment question
Yeah those cages look awesome, I will definitely be using them in the near future. Also would you say based off of my bloods temperament that I got fairly lucky? Or is that something that may be typical based off of the breeder you purchase it from?
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04/01/09 12:27pm
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#1978649
Pythonpetey
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Message To: Mikeyp In reference to Message Id: 1978436
Temperment question
Having only had one Blood Python, I cannot really say if Crunch was atypical or not. I can say that all of our Ball Pythons are very good natured, but I have seen some flat-out mean Ball Pythons. I guess that snakes, just like people, have natural tendencies towards temperment. I suspect that mean snakes feel threatened, and strike to "defend" themselves. I also believe that proper housing, being mite-free, and being handled properly by caring people will, in the long run, result in a snake that feels secure and that has no reason to strike.
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04/01/09 07:32pm
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