Python-Lover4lyf
Well-Known Member
I just out of no where got the courage to hold my yearling spotted python! Anywayz so the story is..... He was the most aggressive python I'd ever seen when I'd first bought him home from the petshop and I had no idea of his temperament because they wouldn't let me handle him for some reason (now I know. And he was also sold to me as a blonde spotted and now know that it's just a regular spotted. Message for all the first time owners Don't buy from petshops. As I've discovered they'll tell you anything to make some money) and over months of handling I managed to tame him down till he was the biggest sweetheart then i left him in the cage for two weeks straight because he was sheding and digesting food and what not. I still cleaned him out and changed his water and stuff but didn't think it was a good idea to get him out. Then for the next few weeks everytime i attempted handling he would smash me 3 or 4 times and it started to put me off but it was several weeks before I just lost all the confidence with him I ever had and I just was out of hope. I didn't get him out for handling for several months in fear of being bitten. The only time I would get him out is for a fortnightly clean and i used a hook to do this and he still managed to tag me a few times whenever I did it. I would change his water everyday when I was lucky enough for him to be in the hide or I would just get it in and out as quick as I could. All I've wanted to do was sell him to someone who was experienced and caring enough to give him a good home and handle him despite his temperament. Then out of no where today I got this random boost of confidence when I saw him looking at me so I gently hooked him out and handled him for a sucessful half an hour with 0 TAGS!! I must of had a better handling technique because i was so calm and so was he. I still need to sell him but at least I won't feel bad if I sell it to a first time snake owner because I now can hold him confidently and tame him beforehand. I now know that it was my lack of confidence that got him tagging again in the first place