Snake attack??

[N0MAD]

I have been wondering how much snakes (Carpets in particular) behavior patterns change from juvenile to adult.

I handle my lil guy roughly 40 minutes a week and he has never tried to bite me or anyone else, He would rather find somewhere to hide than bite me (He won't hurt a fly, a rat maybe )
will he stay like this through to adulthood?

~N0MAD.

 

[Sturdy]

hard to say mate....
you may have just got lucky, what breed is it?

but there will come a time when you will get tagged,

 

[ReptilianGuy]

there isn't a snake that wont bite at least once in it's life. i've had 2 buggers of hatchies, a slightly snappy jungle and a coastal that wore itself out in striking. both are exelent temperment now and haven't bit for over 3 months, and was blessed with a bredli hatchy that has only niped me 7 times in the year. 3 in the enclosure, 2 sloughing and 2 during feeding same with my large coastal that i got around 1.5 yrs of age. he's tagged me in miss strikes for food or got my finger and the rat as well... he's now a lazy hand feeder, it's so cute.

 

[N0MAD]

He's a Coastal Carpet. I'm sure he is male cause I got him sexed the other day and in the process he bit me

I was so proud of my lil guy =))))))

 

[redbellybite]

He's a Coastal Carpet. I'm sure he is male cause I got him sexed the other day and in the process he bit me

I was so proud of my lil guy =))))))

who sexed him for you?

 

[mysnakesau]

I have an adult carpet who I can 99.9% guarantee she will not bite. She did get me last feed but it was accidental she missed the rat. The day she bites for real, I think it will break my heart.

 

[MissJane]

Most pythons in my experience grow more placid as they get older, through conditioning with the human touch partially, and partially through being larger and feeling more secure in general (the world is a scary place to a baby python!). Some never stop biting entirely, though, and feedings should be considered different to normal times with even the most placid pythons often getting a bit excited if there's a rat involved.

 

[N0MAD]

who sexed him for you?

Yay I found out how to do this quote thingo.


Anywho, a good guy named Simon from Everything Reptile done it for me He says go back in three months to make sure. He said the depth of the probe was similar to that of a male but the size of the spurs more like a female.

 

[N0MAD]

You don't use tongs mysnakesau? I thought that was no-no lol

 

[seumas12345]

You don't use tongs mysnakesau? I thought that was no-no lol

you only really need to use tongs when they are hatchlings coz the tails on the rats/mice are so tiny and the hatchlings sometimes miss when they strike... once they're older and you're holding onto a long rat/mouse tail there's no need for tongs.

In regards for your previous question, a non-biting hatchling is almost certainly going to stay that way into adulthood... unless they suddenly become stressed or you begin holding them roughly (which I don't see happening)... pretty much for a snake's behaviour to change means there has to be external forces involved. A snake just doesn't start to bite when it reaches a certain age, nor will it stop biting for no reason... Usually a biting snake will become comfortable with gentle holding in short periods of times.

 

[mysnakesau]

You don't use tongs mysnakesau? I thought that was no-no lol

I try to with the olives but I have small hands and trying to grip a 500g food item in tongs is not real easy. So long as I don't move they most often don't miss.