picking up a cornsnake

every owner has a diferent way of picking up their snakes - there is no right way, but there are LOADS of wrongs.
this is how I pick mine up, and I found it to be less stressfull for the snake.

main rules:
- be sure your snake knows you're going to pick it up. don't catch it by surprise cuz then it'll either try to escape or strike. allways aproach it slowly and from the front.
- if your snake avoids you, tries to run and hide, don't follow it around the terrarium trying to catch it (it'll only make the snake nervous) let it calm down and try again, this time more slowly and carefully
- give the snake full support and never grab it from the tail/head
- do NOT grab your snake. pick it up without forcing it and never hold it tightly. if the snake tries to get away, just let her calm down for a bit.

not forcing your snake to do anything and not making it nervous by following those basic guidelines will result on a calm, balanced and very tame snake. after she knows your not a threat she'll stop avoiding you, like my snake, shadow, staying still while you pick it up and perfectly relaxed afterwards.




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• cornsnake
• picking
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• grabing
• handling
• snake

[parkour1995]

my snake has shed his skin but their is still skin on the end of his tail about 1-2inches left ive sprayed his enclosure for a day and it still wont come of ive tried to bathe him in a washing up bowl with luke warm water but he wont stay still long enough for me to bathe him what shall i do ????

[nokaxlyzard]

get a small towel and soak it in warm water (carefull! don't make it TOO hot!) and hold your snake with it - as you handle it normally but instead of using your bare hands use the towel.

after a while try to pull out the skin with the towel gently. just 'pet' the snake a bit and stuff to make it go loose. =)

this should work.

oh! and remember! allway leave the humidity level on the terrarium at 80% during shedding and a big bowl for the snake to soak itself! =)

[seansuperman]

2 things.What was it hiding under?

and you have a pretty tamed snake I can't pick mine up like that.

[nokaxlyzard]

she's hiding under an 'exoterra' medium cave. she loves it =)

and yes, she is very tame! plenty of hours a day handling her ^^

[deantmaxx]

hi im thinking about getting a corn snake in the next few days and i been researching them for about a week now and you are the first person to mention anything about approaching them and how to pick them up,if not for this vid i might have got bitten:P

thanks.,dean

[nokaxlyzard]

haha. glad I prevented you from getting your finger eaten then xD

[tapzy]

u schould never pick up a snake like that.

[s1293123]

iv also read the more u handle them the more tame they become, so the more you handle the better

[wowfood]

@FuckMyLife66666 I've found nudging him gently while he's curled up is the best way to let him know you're there, and normally he straightens out to move, as he does you can easily pick him up around the midsection. Avoid handling after feeds until he poops, and on the day of feeds. That's about all the advice I can give for now. But you have to get used to handling him, and get him used to being handles. Or you're better off giving it away.

Woohoo, I have some characters left.

[wowfood]

@FuckMyLife66666 Stupid char limit, anyway. You need to handle him, pick him up every day and he'll get used to it. Once they've been handled for a bit they're normally calmer. What i've started doing is mid way through handling lowering him back into his handy, and picking him up again. That way you get used to picking up when they're calm. And they get used to being picked up.

[wowfood]

@FuckMyLife66666 As for being scared of being bitten, I was too, he struck at me for the first time today, twice :P It doesn't hurt in the slightest, tap yourself on the finger like you would quickly click on the left mouse button, its about the same sensation as that.

I've found the snake is far more nervous when there are people in the room other than me. Try to spend some time alone with him, let him know you're there and make slow deliberate movements. If it strikes let it calm down.

[wowfood]

@FuckMyLife66666 New snake owner here too. While they're young they'll be like that, I held mind first when he was about 2 weeks old (I think) and he slithered away so quick he nearly flew out of my hand, luckily he landed wedged between his handy and the edge of a chair or he'd have been gone >.>

[FuckMyLife66666]

I have had my corn snake for about 3 weeks. i held him once 3 or so days after i got him and he almost escaped. it was a challenge to get him back in his cage. but that was the only time ive held him. and since then he has been hiding all day. and i find it very hard to pick him up because he slithers away so fast. i am also afraid of getting bit. he had a hiding spot where i couldnt get him so i took it out and now i can, but i dont know what to do.

[MrHilariousUsername]

No offence, but that's a terrible way to pick up a corn snake. I think this one of the "LOADS of wrongs." you wrote in your video description.

[MultiAnimalChannel]

Hello, i got my first snake 4 days ago she can be a little brat but she didnt bite me when i picked her up today... she is 1 year old Childrens python.. what do i do when snakes shed and how often do they shed?

[CAMMYWOODY1]

that is a nice corn :)

[Yadablahblahblahbla]

I love how you just go in and grab it :L I couldn't do that with my corn snake, not at the moment anyway, he still gets a bit defensive when I'm picking him up. No biting, but he does curl up and look all mean. Complete opposite when I'm trying to put him back in though...he refuses :L You have a beautiful and tame snake :)

[1234567897770]

can i asked you something?how i can lock one terrarium(no exo terra)with a key?have anybody an idea for this?pleaseeeeee.......