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| bilbo |
Posted - 05/01/2010 : 23:07:51
hi i have had my python for a week now and want to start getting her out tomorrow. but when i change her water or look for mess in her viv she has a hisssss at me and looks as if she is going to strike at me i dont know if she would... am i best to leave her for abit longer or could this make things worse in the long run and i would be best to get her out for 5 mins.. i dont really know her and and just need to build abit of trust and show her i wont hurt her. what do you think i should do?? i dont want to stress her out... |
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| Blackecho |
Posted - 13/01/2010 : 06:55:09
Could have been a new smell in the room or something in her peripheral vision or just because of your movement. They are probably still nervous and hopefully they'll get better. |
| james200789 |
Posted - 13/01/2010 : 02:06:20
still could be down to nerves? but if that was the case she would curl up into a ball, she must see you as a threat. |
| bilbo |
Posted - 12/01/2010 : 21:27:31
ok i got the new python out tonight and she was as good as gold no hissing nothing all was good. so i put her back i was sitting there watching het and i moved abit and BANG she stricked at me i jumped out of my skin lol then she did it again. what dose this mean?? as i find it abit odd why let me get her out with no problems then do that??? will all this stop or am i going to have a problem with her??? the only other thing is i have young kids and dont what them to be put off all snakes by her... i have only had her 2 weeks now... sorry to be a pain.. |
| james200789 |
Posted - 11/01/2010 : 02:10:56
well done glad to know she is on rats now, they are alot more nutrients and goodness in them well done on picking her up again just keep at it and she will see you as no threat and stop hissing. |
| bilbo |
Posted - 10/01/2010 : 20:58:35
very happy tonight. she is due to shed so i was thinking i would try her on a rat for the first time i have had her so i went off to buy some rats and picked small rats witch still look big much bigger then the jumbo mice she has been eating. any way went in to get her out and she was hissing but i just picked her up anyway and she was fine and didnt ball up like last time. witch mad me very happy so i held her for 10 mins then i put her in a large rub to try feeding her in there for the first time as she has always been fed in the viv witch i dont like and wanted to see if she would feed and she did with no problems so i am well happy with her and hope it will get better from here and the hissing will soon stop... still in need of a name but one will come in time maybe i will watch some films and see if i find one there.. thanks for all your help guys... |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 10/01/2010 : 09:56:59
quote:
Originally posted by bilbo
went to get her out again tonight and she was hissing like mad.. didnt know untill i picked her up and got her out that she was in the blue stage of shed and put her back... she will be needing a feed on sunday do you think i should bother feeding her or just try one mouse and if she takes it put a 2nd one in after??????
She'll be ok to miss a feed but you can try offering if you like. |
| brookehamiltonx |
Posted - 10/01/2010 : 01:59:13
get in there & show em who's boss haha :P don't think it would hurt too much if it bit you anyways :)
what age is she anyway?x |
| bilbo |
Posted - 08/01/2010 : 21:28:26
went to get her out again tonight and she was hissing like mad.. didnt know untill i picked her up and got her out that she was in the blue stage of shed and put her back... she will be needing a feed on sunday do you think i should bother feeding her or just try one mouse and if she takes it put a 2nd one in after?????? |
| reptilekeeper1992 |
Posted - 08/01/2010 : 20:27:15
lovely royal
i have trouble with names, i called my royal boo because she kept hiding in her tree and poking her head in and out of it when i walked past so the name stuck
the pine snake i am getting hisses all the time, and i hope it is a male because then i am going to call it Sir Hiss |
| chris100575 |
Posted - 07/01/2010 : 08:50:08
Well done Bilbo! She should get used to being held soon and start to come out of her ball. |
| james200789 |
Posted - 07/01/2010 : 00:29:19
when i choose names it usually has something to do with the animal like my royal his name is monty obviously monty python my hognose got his name because in the wild they like to eat frogs and fredo being a chocolate frog. and as for my water cobra suzy was just a name i gave her. |
| bilbo |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 22:35:14
i still have not given her a name yet and finding it hard to come up with one so far. anyone got any good names for a female python??? my 4 year old girl wants to call her family snake cause she is all of ours lol....i have 3 corns as well and there names are bilbo lizzie and roger... |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 22:24:41
Means its a current hot topic, probably to do with the number of views/responses in a given time. |
| james200789 |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 22:20:01
BE what does it mean when the folder sign for the thread is on fire?? |
| james200789 |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 21:49:33
well done |
| Blackecho |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 21:20:49
Well done  |
| bilbo |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 21:11:45
i have done it lol feels so much better and there was no hisssssing. she was in a ball all the time in my hands but its a start hope she gets used to me soon and starts coming out of her shell abit... i am very happy it went well and put my mind at rest as well... will give her a week of coming out and then get her weighed to find out how she is coming on...
thanks so much for all your help guys it really did help....
will sort out some more pics soon... |
| james200789 |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 19:51:47
oh ok lol ye go for it, more often than not the hissing is just a show and as soon as you touch them they will back off and trust you |
| bilbo |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 19:22:21
thats a old pic when i first got her and took it just before i put her in the viv for the week... i will try and get her out in a bit. she is out and about in the viv at the moment so hopping she will be ok... |
| james200789 |
Posted - 06/01/2010 : 17:46:30
yay well done, she is gorgeous aint she, well she looks happy enough well done |
