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| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 11:06:36
Hi all the new royal is still all hissy when i go near her so am just wondering how many of you have royals that hiss? Its just a basic leave me alone thing isn't it?
Apart from in the shop I've only handled her once at home and that was a quick, i couldn't resist hold :) she's about 5 months old, i think... When should she settle down? She's a pain! Lol just not sure what to do considering its still to early to handle her?  |
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| mark_92 |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 13:30:58
Hopefully mate :) |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 10:41:11
Im gonna try and handle her again today so hopefully there's no aggression  |
| chrisc |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 05:36:10
my thinking was the scent might fade after a while, think i only used the sock trick for about a week |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 04:53:42
I must be so unlucky! I've had aggression from my other royal aswell and a fair few strikes! No I've not replaced, I didn't know I had to. |
| mark_92 |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 00:29:36
My royal hissed once after 2 weeks after I got her she went into shed, I read some where that it was a bluff so I just picked her up. I thought well what the hell if you get tagged sh*t happens, she never struck & has never done so. i have had her 6 months and no aggression since :) |
| chrisc |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 00:13:09
ok then give her 5 days then try with a feed again.
have you been replacing the sock with a freshly scented one?
when i used this trick i changed the sock every couple of days |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 10/03/2012 : 00:03:37
No she's not fed with me yet but shes only been due a feed since Wednesday, i tried on wednesday, she struck that at first but dropped it. |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 23:24:59
has she acctually taken a feed with you?
if not might be better to leave her 5 days then offering a rat, get something in her an go from there.
most on here advise to leave them for 3 feeds to settle i know i said that ive not done that but i may have just been lucky that they settled an fed although the bull snakes missed on or 2 feeds at first
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| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 23:06:29
Yeah she's only small, I think she's about 5 months old, not weighed her yet... Should I still handle her? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 23:03:22
how big is she? if shes only little then try in 5 days |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 22:52:56
She's been due a feed since Wednesday so should I wait till next Wednesday? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 22:30:59
i would wait till her next feeding day an leave it in the cool end.
yea you could cover up the faun to give her a bit of privacy |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 21:07:09
Ok, well ill feed her again in a couple of days and if she doesn't take it ill just leave it in her faun... Should i cover her over when/if i need to do that? |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:02:28
my little one frank used to strike feed but now it gets left in the viv an he eats it at some point well he did hes currently fasting |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 19:00:50
No, I didn't think of that to be honest... I'm trying her again in a couple of days, just don't wanna over try. |
| chrisc |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 18:39:50
she will get used to you after a while.
have you left the rat with her, she may take it later |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 17:56:09
She refused a feed again today but was a lot friendlier and let me pick her up and hold her with no hissing or defensiveness... She was a little unsettled while she was out though. |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 13:21:57
I tried a feed on Wednesday she went for it but dropped it then she struck at me once when i went close, gonna try feeding again today so will let you know then but she was definitely interested in it... She comes out of her hide regularly. |
| acd1984 |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 12:47:14
Like bob said, if all else is fine then go for it
my lil man is hissy at the moment but i know hes just not fully humanised and he will calm down soon enough with handling |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 09/03/2012 : 12:38:42
How is hissypants feeding? If its eating with no issues I dont think handling would cause any problems. If its not eating as well as the hissing then it could be down to been stressed then I'd recommend allowing more time to settle and maybe even cover most of the front of the vivarium to keep things quiet and calm.
Duke hisses, not so much these days but on occasion he'll give me a blast of the old psssssssssst but its not followed up by any aggression but if Duke does hiss I do tend to leave him alone as I know he is handleable most of the time so I grant him his request for peace when he asks for it. Sanke hisses around food, sometimes with a gob full which is impressive. I actually like a snake with a warning signal built in, its the quiet ones you have to watch is what they say lol. |
