milksnake musking

My son has a yearling honduran milksnake. She is hand tame. he got her about 8 weeks ago. She doesnt bite him anymore. he holds her daily. The problem is she musks on him every time he holds her. Do milk snakes in general do this all the time? How could he prevent this?

Maybe hold her less than daily - too much handling may be stressing her out.

Give her a week or two undisturbed to settle and then try again less frequently.

This is very general advice - hope someone more experienced with milksnakes chimes in.

I agree with Helen's post.

My milksnake did the same thing, it continued for a while (6 months) but it eventually stopped, this is the advice some of the members here gave me:

Originally Posted by evilcowboy420

When you handle him a bit more he will stop musking you. However if you put him down right when he does it then it will re-enforce that musking you worked and he will keep doing it. Just keep holding him as unpleasant as it may be and he will stop.

Originally Posted by Kiote_9

As far as the musking goes, just handle him more frequently and if you put a towel on your lap then hold the snake over the towel it'll save your clothes from getting musky. My new baby burm squirted all over me the first few times I held him, but I didn't put him down even to clean up. Now he hisses a lot, but no more mess.

Hope it helps and good luck