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How should one handle a baby snake?

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12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The safest way to handle baby snakes, especially if to remove them from their mother, is to entice them away with food and then grab gently with a hook or other tool, keeping the snake a good distance away from you body to place it in a safe tank where you can raise them.

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