Naughty snake!
Dec. 17th, 2007 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mad_andySo, Chris-the-boss took on a female Burm, hatched either very early this year or late last. She's small for her age, and because she hasn't been handled - the guy who had her is an idiot - she's as wild as an eagle and savage as hell.
I've been working with her to try and make her realise that being handled really is OK, and you don't need to bite. She tagged me nine or ten times the first day (including ending up with the tip of my little finger in her mouth which, yes, was extremely painful), none at all the second, and only once the third day. So we're making progress.
She's a granite calico Burm - means she'll get freckled white patches as she gets older. Beautiful little snake with a really bad attitude! We had to do something with her, because being a red hot biter at 3' is bad enough, but lethal at 16'...!
Anyway. I think she's lovely! (But NO, I do not want her - my nice patient, laid back, lovely little boy is quite enough for me on the giant snake front, thank you very much!)
I've been working with her to try and make her realise that being handled really is OK, and you don't need to bite. She tagged me nine or ten times the first day (including ending up with the tip of my little finger in her mouth which, yes, was extremely painful), none at all the second, and only once the third day. So we're making progress.
She's a granite calico Burm - means she'll get freckled white patches as she gets older. Beautiful little snake with a really bad attitude! We had to do something with her, because being a red hot biter at 3' is bad enough, but lethal at 16'...!
Anyway. I think she's lovely! (But NO, I do not want her - my nice patient, laid back, lovely little boy is quite enough for me on the giant snake front, thank you very much!)
