kingsnake question

[BigRick62]

My kingsnake has always been fed f/t in a sweater box. I feed him plenty so I know that he's not hungry. He has a problem of trying to eat my thumb every time I get him out of his cage. He doesn't strike it or anything, he just opens his mouth and trys to swallow my hand, lol. I was hoping that someone might be able to give me advice on how to keep him from doing this. He's extremely tame except for this problem.

Thx,
Rick

[Sasheena]

I've found that the snakes that like to try to swallow your thumb or fingers are often just "like that" ..... I would try to make sure my hands are spick-n-span before handling and hope he doesn't catch a whiff of mouse! My problem is when it's feeding time I just don't have time to wash my hands 25 times in between feeding each of the snakes, so I know the ones who are "hand munchers" and I try to have a mouse ready to just dump into the cage when it's time to feed. When I want to handle, I have clean waashed hands before handling and usually don't have a problem.

[BigRick62]

Thx man. that should help.

Rick