I just bought my first Mexican Black King yesterday, ive never owned one before but have had a Corn. I put him straight into his viv yesterday and left him alone. This morning i opened his viv just to attach a new thermometer i bought when he launched himself at me and bit my finger. He then started to come out the viv so i put on some rubber gloves as ive heard they dont like the taste or texture. He started biting again but bit the glove and wouldnt let go, after a while he let go then found some skin on my arm and bit that too, then he found my gloved finger again and kept hold for maybe 15 mins. I managed to get him back in the viv after he let go but then he launched himself at me again but missed :lol2: Im not experienced with aggressive snakes and just wondering if he'll calm down eventually as obviously i want a snake i can handle without fear of being bitten to pieces everytime
Note the water on it's head.....submerging in water, vodka, whisky and still didn't get it to release, once it reached the knuckle I gently removed it with force :whistling2:
well after this morning and him havin the glove and not letting go for almost 2 hours i decided he's not for me, maybe i should have stuck it out for a bit longer but i dont want a snake i can never handle and i have only got room for 1. so ive swapped him for a corn which i have kept before
yeah its a shame really as he was a nice looking snake. im just not experienced with aggressive ones and he was far too aggressive. Ive gone with a carolina corn and put him in the viv but he seems to be doing a weird thing with his mouth. kept opening and closing it quickly every now and then, i know they re-align their jaws sometimes like after a feed but hes also just been lay there with it partially open on one side. he looked fine to me in the shop before i got him so wondering if it could just be the stress of being somewhere new. any ideas?
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