how to get someone who's scared

[raaarj2]

say you know some one who likes snake but kind of scared of there size how can you make them not secure but ok around and holding snakes ( my wife)

[trinitywolf]

The best advice I can give you is to buy a baby snake and let it grow with that person. If you have a super docile snake that would NEVER bite you could start by holding the snake and letting them sit near you and slowly they should become comfortable with that snake.
Also...what size are we talking about here?

[hostensteffa]

Honestly, I'd say persistence and just slowly work her way up to it. If she's already comfortable with a smaller snake, just try to get her to start holding ones that she is a little uneasy about and with time she should not be as scared at least. I know with me, it was just exposure and persistence. 10 months ago, I was frightened to death of snakes. After 6 hours of bugging me, Ldydrgn, Storm, Morti, and my wife got me to hold a yearling boa. Well let's just say I held her for an hour and bought her from morti the next week Now I'm up to 5. As far as big snakes, I just got comfortable from being around them. I'd go over to Morti's and he'd get out a big 7-8 footer and i'd be scared as #$%^&#$%^&#$%^&#$%^&, next thing i knew it would be on my lap and well, you either get used to it or crap yourself. I decided to get used to it and enjoyed it :P

[raaarj2]

That an awesome story hostensteffa sounds like a plan to the other guy i'm talking about a hogg i'm getting one thursday and trying to get my wife to clam down

[trinitywolf]

well..if it's any consolation to your wife, a hogg will never attain any size that will be anywhere near big enough to harm a human. Maybe hearing it from someone else w/o a vested interest will help ya out man. LOL

[raaarj2]

honesty i don't think it's her i think she's worried about our kids i tried to tell he it will be alright

[hostensteffa]

well if it makes a difference, hoggs will don't quite reach the size of a typical bci. As well as it is impossible for a boa to eat a human, except maybe a full grown boa versus a baby, but i'm sure someone will be around to correct me on that one when a snake eats a rat, or what not they're shoulders will actually collapse and fold in, which is why a snake can eat such big prey. Human shoulders do not collapse in the same way so that is why a snake cannot eat a human, so you're wife is safe btw...better post some pictures, hoggies are gorgeous.

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

[raaarj2]

i sure will i have the pic from the guy where she's coming from just hope she look as good as the pic

[hostensteffa]

WOWEE!!!!! I love it. Gorgeous snake ya got there. By the looks I assume that it is still a youngun???

[morti]

Just a word of caution... don't be too depressed if the doesn't look as good in real life as she does in the pic. Hogs are known for changing their colors. Sometimes this seems to be heat realated, sometimes it is about where they are in their shed cycle, sometimes I think it's just mood. At his best, my Hog looks almost like an albino colombian. At his worst, he is much darker in color than most colombians. It is likely to change.

	Hog Island Boa hogg

[Stormyva]

Awesome looking snake you are getting!
Our hogs do the same thing that Morti describes they will go from putty grey to a dark brownish color.
Where are you getting it?

	Hog Island Boa hogg

[raaarj2]

oh I know he even told me that my hogg changes ALOT there's a girl who drove to pick hers up and she says the whole litter looks good but as far as the changing color thing that one of the reasons i want hoggs