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| Starz789 |
Posted - 19/02/2015 : 23:00:26
Just thought I would introduce myself , I'm Jo 
I've recently become owner to a 7 month grouchy tempered girly rainbow boa...who seems to just tag and focus her grouchy ness on me. Really hope she starts chilling out haha ! I have 2 corns whom I adore .
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 05/03/2015 : 20:56:27
How odd! Did you offer all at once, or in sequence? I'd offer the largest item first to reduce waste...if she feels partly sated from the pinks, she might refuse the larger pup. |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 04/03/2015 : 22:35:22
That was wrong pic for her bath time haha, I thought it could be the amount of she was getting so gave her a rat pup and a couple of pinkies...she ate 2 pinkies and left the rat pup last week then this week she refused her pup, she seems quite alert. One of these days I'll work her out. |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 04/03/2015 : 20:38:37
One of the reasons she may be grumpy could be hunger. Get a weight on her, and we can tell if one rat pup is enough food.
And yeah bath time! :-) |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 04/03/2015 : 08:12:30
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Bath time |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 04/03/2015 : 08:07:18
I thought she must be older too but the guy swore she was 7 mnths, once the little guy settles in i'll get pics of him....he's tiny compared to ivana Haha.
Not sure on heavily she was fed but she only gets a rat pup once a week from me , sometimes she turns her nose up at it , still think she's preferring my digits with the heat that comes off my hands pmsl.
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 04/03/2015 : 02:21:37
She looks good, Starz! I agree she would be very large for a seven-month-old….I'd bet closer to a year or year and a half, depending on how heavily she was fed. Touching her dung is unlikely to remind her of rats; more probably, she just felt in was an intrusion into her territory. She should calm down with time and persistence. :-) |
| Michael H |
Posted - 02/03/2015 : 11:42:02
May just be the pictures but she looks huge for a 7 months old! Are you sure on her age? Mine are about a year and half and about half the size of that!
The different scent will throw her off definately as she will regard you as someone she isn't used to. Probably best to either no wear perfume while handling her, or wear the same one so she can get accustomed to it. But as Cliff said, regular short handling and she will hopefully calm down. |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 01/03/2015 : 12:48:22
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She's all she and timid in this one , the difference in corns and boa's is massive !
I just didn't want something bad to happen to them or being put in the wrong hands. |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 01/03/2015 : 12:37:38
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This is ivana playing nice and having a drink. |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 01/03/2015 : 12:26:48
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This is first meeting where I made the mistake of touching her poo with sorting her tank up, she smelt her rat through it .
I always wash my hands before I handle her sometimes she's fine when out but no sudden movements or she turns. Just yesterday I managed to take her out with no probs just yesterday. I put my top in and she finds security with that but if I change my perfume she can go nuts and start rearing up with added striking.
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| Snakesitter |
Posted - 27/02/2015 : 21:07:44
Starz, Michael is correct on posting picts.
You are describing an animal that feel very threatened for some reason. Whether it is just nervousness, cage aggression, or a general bad attitude, however, will take some time and testing to sort out.
Does she act better once out? As in, does she calm down and act like a pet snake once away from her home for a bit?
Latching on and not letting go is typically a *feeding* reaction (as opposed to a drive-the-predator-away reaction). Has that hand picked up something she might regard as food? If you wash it thoroughly before reaching in does that make a difference? What about if you rinse it with rubbing alcohol (then dry)?
The only way to ever break her attitude is through persistent, regular, gentle handling. Keep session short, and don't push every day, or the day before/two days after feeding. If you need to wear gloves during the acclimation period, do so...but (though age helps) she is unlikely to ever fully calm down without that exposure.
Good luck! |
| Michael H |
Posted - 27/02/2015 : 09:34:06
So, she doesnt like you in her enclosure, have you had her out yet? If so, does she calm down once out?
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| Michael H |
Posted - 27/02/2015 : 09:32:17
Way I've posted pics on here is by uploading them to photobucket and then using the image link with [ img] [ /img] either side of it (without the spaces in the [ ] |
| Starz789 |
Posted - 26/02/2015 : 22:02:26
Hey, ivana tinkle was with a male round about the same age in the same tank, I took her from a friend of a friend who says she never bit him....I really dont believe it tbh. The male did go to another person but I've ended up with him tonight too since they lost interest (this really bugs the crap out of me)
Ivana still attacking the life out of me everytime I put my hand in to change the water and she gape's at me when I'm near which is understandable if she feels threatened.
When she latches on I cannot get her off apart from using a little bit of vinegar and she always goes for the same hand too.
Now if you could be soo kind to direct me how to post a pic of the grouch princess , will gladly do so if I still have fingers left  |
| Snakesitter |
Posted - 25/02/2015 : 20:27:47
They have an unfortunately persistent reputation as being "nippy"...due to, I suspect, the result of poor breeders selling untamed babies. |
