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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bones Wiggill" data-source="post: 19730" data-attributes="member: 1625"><p>Schoolman, that is a different subject on it's own. I must agree that if you do not know how to handle then best leave them. Every time you handle you are subjecting yourself to a possible bite or rash. So there I agree, if you don't know then don't touch. If you handle your critter from sling stage, then it will be accustomed to being handled. Also the reason why I never bought a adult hotsnake and prefered raising them from young to adult so that IT can get to know me and I can get to know it. If you handle it from slingh age you wil know when it is ready to be handled, when it wants to bite, when it is ready for molt etc. And also vice versa, the T will know that you do not pose a threat. So I think we have two different topics runnning here. Would actually be great to see who prefers adult to sling T's and what are their reasons.</p></blockquote><p></p>