How do Snake Hooks & Tongs work? What are the benefits? and are there over restraint techniques?

I use snake hooks and tongs every day. I use hooks to handle snakes. Most often when a snake bites, it does so when you first go to grab it. Once you get them out, they're okay. So I use a hook to pull 'em out. With my large boas and burmese pythons, they're too large to pick up with a hook. I tap them on the head, and they know it's me and not food, and they calm down every time so I can safely reach in and pull them out. I also have several yellow anacondas, and if I didn't use a hook, I would be covered in bites!





I use tongs to feed frozen/thawed rodents to my snakes. They were also great with smaller venomous snakes back when I used to keep venomous. Also, some really small snakes are difficult to pick up with a hook because they just slide off of it, so I use tongs.

How do Snake Hooks %26amp; Tongs work? What are the benefits? and are there over restraint techniques?
I use hooks mainly to handle venomous snakes or to remove aggressive snakes from their cages so that they can be handled. Tongs can be used to also handle snakes that don't hook well, are fast on the hook or have a tendency to take the hook i.e. crawl up the hook toward you. Hooks can be difficult to use with smaller snakes and some of the faster species. They tend to crawl off the hook faster than you can keep them on. Tongs can work best for these. You need to use caution if you don't use something like the "gentle giant" tongs as most will grasp the snake hard enough to injure them. Snakes ribs and spines are quite fragile and can be easily crushed by someone who's just a little too strong on the handle. Feeding tongs or hemostats are used to hold prey to feed the animal without putting the fingers and hands in close proximity to teeth.



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