need help with 10ft burmese python

Originally Posted by mlouati1389

what i have found to work, and feel free to let me know if this is dangerous, as right now.. it isnt. but may when she gets bigger? i grab one of my tshirts and i just lightly put it on top of her head, and then i stroke her sides for about 30 seconds. when i feel she has calmed down, i take it off her then grab her and take her out of the cage. and she is perfect.

My experience is not with Burmese, so I'm prepared to be contradicted, but I had a cage-aggressive snake that I ALWAYS got out by dumping a pillowcase over her head before picking her up. Continued to work and saved us both stress....

i have a 12 foot burmese that was cage aggressive to begin with, what we found to be easiest us was to "stick" train him( using a snake stick or something else other than a hand to nudge him or get him out of the cage). eventually we were able to replace the snake stick with our hands, nudging him behind the head to let him know we werent feeding him, and were going to take him out. and also to feed him outside of his cage, this allowed the snake to associate the feeding area with food replacing the association with food in his cage.

Originally Posted by mercuryts

i have a 12 foot burmese that was cage aggressive to begin with, what we found to be easiest us was to "stick" train him( using a snake stick or something else other than a hand to nudge him or get him out of the cage). eventually we were able to replace the snake stick with our hands, nudging him behind the head to let him know we werent feeding him, and were going to take him out. and also to feed him outside of his cage, this allowed the snake to associate the feeding area with food replacing the association with food in his cage.

That's like playing with matches, your bound to get burnt someday. I couldn't imagine trying to feed a snake of that size outside of its cage. How is he when you try to put him back in his cage after feeding? I wonder how it came about to try something like that. It would take one time for you to startle him and you could end up with a serious injury. Not sure of your experience but that's a dangerous practice and wouldn't recommend that to anyone.

aside from the keeper, its dangerous for the snake to feed outside the cage. regurge chance increases dramatically. feeding should be done in the cage, no exceptions.

size of snake doesnt matter, all snakes from a baby hognose to a 25 foot retic can regurge when handled up to 24 hours (some up to 48 hours) after feeding.

Originally Posted by reticguy76

aside from the keeper, its dangerous for the snake to feed outside the cage. regurge chance increases dramatically. feeding should be done in the cage, no exceptions.

size of snake doesnt matter, all snakes from a baby hognose to a 25 foot retic can regurge when handled up to 24 hours (some up to 48 hours) after feeding.

Yeah, you see I always feed in food tubs outside the cage, (not Burms, smaller boas), often handle after feeding and never had an issue at all.... guess it proves there's just no absolutes in this hobby.....