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Useing handling tools.
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by Stinkfoot74 on September 13, 2007
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I made a hook and I have been trying it out on my NON-Venomus snakes. My Boa was well behaved for the most part. He is my most well behaved serpant. When I tried the hook on my bigger snake(Iran Jaya) she was able to come around ang get me on the side of my left hand. The hook I made is 37 inches from the handle to ware the bend begins. She is a bigger snake thin the hots I plan on keeping so I wonder if it was a fare test. I am thinking about tongs but herd that it is easey to wound snakes with them. Is this true ? any input is apreceated and I thank you in advance.
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by Cro on September 13, 2007
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Eugene, I would not use tongs for day to day working with snakes. But they are nice to have for situations that sometimes come up.
Remember that using a snake hook is a learned skill that takes time. It is good you are working with the nonvenomous to learn. You want to develope a fluid, and fairly fast movement of scooping the snake up and to where you want it moved. If you fart around and move too slow, the snake will have time to possible bite you.
It really is something that comes with experience, and your best bet would be to have a Mentor who teach you. It is not easy to explain in print what I am talking about, however, an experienced reptile keeper could show you quite quickly.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by earthguy on September 13, 2007
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It's also important to remember that snakes (like people) have different personalities. Some snakes WILL NOT hook under any circumstance. Tha't when it's good to have a backup plan> Tongs (as John suggested) are an excellent chioce. While everybody certainly has their own opinion I think it best to go ahead and pay the money for the good stuff. My tongs of choice are the HD Gentile Giants.
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by KingCobraFan on September 13, 2007
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Eugene, if you do get a set of tongs, you want to take care to exert just the right amount of gripping force on your snake. Enough to restrain it, yet not so much that you either bruise it or break its bones. Good luck.
Bill Huseth
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by Stinkfoot74 on September 13, 2007
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Thanks. To be fair, I was poking at him with a curved metal stick . I know a guy with East Texas Herp Society eho may have tong's, but as far as venomus keeper's go they are pretty much Top Secret around here as reptiles get stolen quite often in this area. I think that is why it is so hard to find anyone who would let me watch them let alone view there collection.
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by SnakeEyes2006 on September 14, 2007
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First of all take your time, do not get in a hurry or you will screw up. Snakes like any other animal can sense your fear and will test you on that, it is very good you are working with non-venomous first, but you need to go out and get you a WC Rat Snake or a Racer that are know to strike and bite, then try to hook them and put them in a cage or get them out of cage. If you can do this without getting bit, then good for you, but if you get tagged then just think that right now that bite just costed you $300,000 and possibly an apendage! Please be careful, and everyone on here will be glad to give you pointers, keep searching their is someone out there that has the smarts to be a mentor they just need to see that you are not some dumb kid that wants to be cool, keep asking and bugging you will find someone close in your neck of the woods.
Good luck Shawn
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