Narcissa and the kids are getting to know each other!

[Pandorasdad]

I am frankly terrible at waiting two weeks to handle my new snakes. I've let her settle in for 8 days. Yesterday, my son looks at me and says: "You've never taken out the new snake." I realized he was right and immediately reached up and undid the latches on her Boaphile. I held for min. and then my kids wanted to hold her too! I love that my kids have no fear of snakes!

Yes! These are crappy cell phone pics.

Ethan (11) and Narcissa


Samantha (15) and Narcissa


Thanks for looking!

[Morrisr]

Narcissa and the kids are getting to know each other!

Wow! You did much better than me!! I could not resist after only 2 days!!
Yes, 2!! I know, I know!! I broke the golden rule!! What's even worse is that I held to her original feeding schedule and fed her 4 days after bringing her home! I'm a bad parent!![emoji17] but she is doing so well!!

Thanks for sharing your pics!!

[Elizabeth94]

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So nice to see the younger kids getting into reptiles that early. I have friends that are "deathly" scared of snakes.When I had my other snakes I would cover their cages with towels so my friends couldn't see them. After a while they told me I didn't need to cover them, and soon enough they were holding snakes every time they came over. Much easier to teach people when they are young.

[Noelle7206]

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You've got some great kids there! Oh, and Narcissa is nice too! I think that advice is mostly important for people ("kids of all ages") who don't understand what gentle handling is...obviously not the case here, lol!

Confession: I don't always follow my own advice either...but it all depends on the snake & the circumstances. I follow my 'gut' when assessing a new snake's comfort level & "readiness" for the next steps. I am more
likely to feed a snake sooner than 'conventional wisdom' dictates than I am to handle it. The most outrageous example was when I got my spotted python...I fed her a few hours after she was shipped across the state
to me, but I did so because she was cruising for food and the reason I "rescued" (& bought!) her was that the former owner couldn't get her to eat 'live' and was going to "stick her in the freezer" out of sheer annoyance!
All she wanted was dead prey....she ate 3 pinkies that first day (she was a yearling att) & has fed easily for me ever since. I will say though that after decades of keeping so many, I'm in a good position to rectify any-
thing that 'backfires'...it's a whole different thing for a keeper with limited experience to take such chances, which is why I give the advice that I do. Also, I am very experienced at setting up a cage so a snake feels safe,
and after feeding a snake like that spotted python so early, I really DO let them settle in (absolutely NO handling).

[chiflyer]

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Thanks for sharing! My youngest snake is named Narcissa too

[zamora]

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She has a really 'sweet' personality and has always liked/tolerated well being handled. This is one of the reasons that I want to stay as a small breeder so that my babies go to their new homes and have good attitudes. I'm so glad you like her but you seriously need better pictures, those don't come close to capturing her beauty.

[Pandorasdad]

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those don't come close to capturing her beauty.

Nope. Maybe we'll get her outside later this week. She just ate, so no more handling for two days.

[Reinz15]

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I don't blame you for busting her out after eight days, especially with eager, fearless kids. That is so awesome!

[dumboa]

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Great looking snake Sean. That was a great choice!

[Boxingboa]

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Thanks for sharing. Glad your kids love snake too.

[Joba1972]

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8 days is called "tremendous restraint!"

[Joba1972]

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That is an incredible boa, by the way.

[Avalanche]

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Looks like the kids are digging the new girl.

[Pandorasdad]

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Looks like the kids are digging the new girl.

That they are. We need to get time to get her outside.

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