Handling your snakes?

[BETAULSTER]

Just out of curiosity, how often do you handle your snakes??
I always like to handle my snakes at least once a fortnight but its usually once a week. Ive always handled my snakes alot more often in their 1st year [2-3 times week] so they can get used to me unless of course they arent eating, i dont handle at all!

[mark elliott]

i am a very busy person but only have 8 snakes and still would like to handle mine alot more than i do

[rantasam]

I would say 15 mins every couple of days minimum.. sometimes daily for up to an hour - depends what else I'm up to and whether they have eaten/coming up to shed of course.

[400runner]

varies from snake to snake for me. i get my big 5 out as much as i can, every other day as i don't want any big and nasty snakes in the future. my scrub comes out pretty much every day, partly due to the fact that he won't tolerate anything going on in his viv if a poo needs to be removed or for changing water. my corns get a little neglected (on the handling front) which makes me feel a a bit bad as they were my first. i never ever handle my royal as i feel they don't feed as well when their handled regularly

[Dan]

i get the wife to handle mine.....

[captaincaveman]

yeah, it varies with us, some species were held daily, others monthly, with what weve got at the moment, its daily on the corns(exept obvious days), royals probably once weekly or fortnightly(but usually whenever)

[woodsy]

i only have two snakes and a lizard and tend to handle them every day! but thats cuz I'm an obsessive mental!

[Kryton]

I handle my adults once a week for around 30 mins and the youngsters every 3 to 4 days, just to gets used to being handled.

[ingy83]

Every other day with my boas an my royal once a wk.

[Frog]

Every 2 or 3 days for most of them, I have a childrens who comes out more though, due to being a nutter. I also have a royal who is a fussy feeder and I don't really get him out much.