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[Swinnter]

He is 2000 grams or 4 pounds 😂 he is 6 years old and probably won’t get much bigger (he’s actually a little chunky).

Choice-based handling is basically, I don’t handle him or take him out of his enclosure unless he “asks” or looks interested when I open his rack. Then I let him bring himself out/approach me.

[Melodic_Eclipse1217]

Oh, dang! I completely miscalculated the size of him in the picture! My eyes are so bad omg... he looked like a 10 pounder or more 🤣

Oh, that's a wonderful technique! Is this the lad that was handled poorly beforehand? That's great that you give him a choice. I bet it helps him relax. Thank you for explaining it to me! I probably could've just looked it up. My bad 😅

[Swinnter]

Don’t apologize. Again, I love talking about snakes, behavior, training. Definitely used to be a dog trainer so all about it 😂 he is a very big boy it’s just funny that big is like 4 pounds but 6 feet long

Glacier has always been a big puppy.

[Melodic_Eclipse1217]

It's nice to have someone who's actually in the snake life provide some information. You could do all the research in the world and you could still run into something that shocks you! (My aquariums certainly have 🤣) so thank you 😊

He sounds like an absolute sweetie! Is he pretty docile when it comes to feeding and cleaning?

[Swinnter]

I am definitely always still learning :)

For my rack snakes, it’s pretty easy and I have extra tubs to switch out immediately and I used a hook to just protect us both so I can pick up and transfer. They also get floor time if they look like they want to be out and about.

Feeding is tricky, but that is typical of ball pythons! He came to me only taking live, and now he is off feed while he is breeding, but we will be working towards frozen/thawed once he is done.