Opinions on "Taming" a Nippy Boa??

Jeffery,i had that before. lol.

Matt,i have 1 2003 dh sunglow that bit me the day i got it,and a few times after that.Honestly,i kept at it and he learned i am not doing anything he couldnt take.No grabbing by the neck/head to control him.After several bites through the year,he is now very handable but once in awhile he gets in a mood. I know taking bites is not fun and dont even know thats why he got a little submissive.
As Diem said,sometimes you just cant do anything but wear the gloves.
Maybe start by wearing the gloves and try to remove a glove so it she can feel you touching hear bare handed and then remove the other glove.I dont really know,just an opinion. Take her outside when doing so she see's that good things come from being handled.
Thats how i got all my bites,taking him outside in the fresh hot air.
Good luck and she is lovely man.

Originally Posted by jmwboas

Matt, See what you get to look forward too!! LOL Nice looking girl! The pretty ones are always high maintenance! Good luck!

Dang, Jeffrey! What were you doing? Boxing with a boa??? lol

Originally Posted by Matt2979

Dang, Jeffrey! What were you doing? Boxing with a boa??? lol

LOL Not me! A buddy of mine at 2 in the morning after a few beers. Thought he could tame a beast. LOL Still trying to figure out who won!!

Originally Posted by allreptiles1966

Jeffery,i had that before. lol.

Matt,i have 1 2003 dh sunglow that bit me the day i got it,and a few times after that.Honestly,i kept at it and he learned i am not doing anything he couldnt take.No grabbing by the neck/head to control him.After several bites through the year,he is now very handable but once in awhile he gets in a mood. I know taking bites is not fun and dont even know thats why he got a little submissive.
As Diem said,sometimes you just cant do anything but wear the gloves.
Maybe start by wearing the gloves and try to remove a glove so it she can feel you touching hear bare handed and then remove the other glove.I dont really know,just an opinion. Take her outside when doing so she see's that good things come from being handled.
Thats how i got all my bites,taking him outside in the fresh hot air.
Good luck and she is lovely man.

Thanks, Rich. I don't want to take her outside yet because she tries so hard to get out of my hands. At least if she manages to do so in my snake room, she can only get so far before I'll catch her. My backyard would offer too many quick hiding spots! lol

And I'm not sure about the lack of gloves. I was kind of thinking the opposite about her feeling my hands. I know another breeder told me once that he seldom got bitten by some of his "less handleable animals" when wears latex gloves. Not sure if it is the lack of body heat that brings less reaction or what.

I think I'm just going to let her be for a bit longer. I'll try a few times, but if she just gets anxious every time I try, I'm just going to let her be and touch her as seldom as possible. Hopefully that's not the case. I would definitely enjoy handling her a lot more often, but I'll let her dictate whether or not that happens.

Originally Posted by jmwboas

LOL Not me! A buddy of mine at 2 in the morning after a few beers. Thought he could tame a beast. LOL Still trying to figure out who won!!

I haven't gone in my snake room after more than a couple of beers in a long time!

Well, I've given this girl lots of "alone time", and a few meals. Evidently her appetite had little to nothing to do with being irritable. I wanted to get some outdoor pics of her, but worse than her trying to bite me is her being so flighty. I'm not given up yet, as this was the first time that I've really tried to interact since I got her.

For now, here are a couple of pics. I finally picked up a new camera yesterday so I'll be taking lots of pics over the next several days or so!

I must have submitted before the pics loaded. Trying again...

She is beautiful Matt.
At least she is kinda small.My 03 dh sunglow is big,thick and he has gotten me a couple times when i first got hi,He was 6 then. But i kept taking him out and he eventually got it.
Not saying it will work for yours. Good luck.
I now know why that 1 guy on here always has welding gloves on. LOl maybe harleydan or something.
I always laughed,( sorry Dan)till i got taught a lesson by the male. But i still dont wear gloves.

My friend has a few blood pythons. He posted a video of one of his males in a cranky mood. This was a comment that was left for him. Feel free to try it.

"What you need to do it calm them down by rubbing starting from the tail to the head them have your hand in front of there eyes about 1 inched away and then pick him him up."