GTP handling question

[sidneymysnake]

First of all, and this goes for the OP as well as for Jason, I was not bashing anyone , nor was I considering the OP an idiot.

My initial advice was ill received and I reacted to that, period.

Secondly, I understand that OP was not knowledgeable in GTPS ( as per another post on this board ) and so I was trying to convey a strong message about the problems inherent to the handling of this species.

As said already, it is obvious that you need to know how, and to handle, your GTPs. There are occasions, in their husbandry, when holding them is a must ( i dwelved on some of the reasons for that, already )

When they are young, and OP's GTP is young, as I understood, you should avoid handling to the utmost.

Being a Biak locality type, you should be even more carefull handling them, because you will get tagged ( there are tamish BIAKs out there, but they are the exception).

A non experienced keeper gets bitten by a GTP ( it does hurt ), he/she jerks her hand, teeth get broken, snake falls on the floor.

From broken teeth a whole lot of very complicated problems derive, as any keeper knows.

Captive kept Snakes ( all snakes, in my opinion ) need to be handled, the owner must know how to handle them, BUT it is all related to Owner/husbandry needs, never for the snakes.

The snake does not want, nor needs to, get handled.

I know that there are other keepers who like to handle them ( even watch tv with them curled on their lap ), but being knowledgeable keepers they know that it is not for the "pleasure" of the snake that they are doing it.

I've taken bites from a 10+ foot burm without flinching I'm pretty sure I wouldn't jerk when a small snake bites me. I get tagged almost daily by 2 of my corns. Trust me I can take a bite and not hurt the snake, have almost lost my flinching reflex when it comes to my corns. I know I'm gonna get bitten, I just want to avoid getting bitten AS MUCH when the GTP is an adult. I'm not talking taking him out every single day for hours on end. I'm saying once a week, letting him do his own bidding (AKA what Jason said about acting like a tree) just so he is semi-used to it and doesn't want to kill me when he's bigger. Just because I don't have experience with GTPs does not mean that I am not experienced with other reptiles.

 

[i pee in the sea]

I'm not an experienced snake keeper by any means (some of you may just want to stop reading here!), but I do plan on getting a GTP within a year's time-frame.

I have done a lot of research on them and it seems like as long as you're not forcing the young snake to do anything, it should be just fine..

I don't plan on getting a Biak though, found an Aru breeder near by but really want a Sorong with those blue dorsal markings

 

[jason longboard]

This is very important and needs to be dealt with. To the OP, I kept calling you bud, and I think your a girl, so sorry dude.

Good luck, and quit getting bit so much. Quit fartin around with the ones that dont want your business.

 

[sidneymysnake]

This is very important and needs to be dealt with. To the OP, I kept calling you bud, and I think your a girl, so sorry dude.

Good luck, and quit getting bit so much. Quit fartin around with the ones that dont want your business.

I am a girl LOL As for messing with them, it's not my fault they keep insisting on messing up their cages on a daily basis. I think they really took a dislike of me when I had to force feed their first meal to jumpstart them. As for the burm, was entirely my fault. She was hungry and I smelled like food.