Is your snake cage defensive?

[Ramsayi]

Regardless of whether he followed it or not to antagonise it, it clearly chases him for several meters, stops then goes back the direction it was originally heading in. It clearly shows the snake coming after him with its mouth open!

Haven't looked at the video but I'm sure in some instances the snake in question is trying to get to a bolt hole or suitable cover.The person just happens to be in the way of where it's looking to hide.

[Leasdraco]

My python is not very defensive at all,very placid most of the time,but the 2 times i have been tagged were when i was picking him up from his enclosure.

[Waterrat]

My python is not very defensive at all,very placid most of the time,but the 2 times i have been tagged were when i was picking him up from his enclosure.

That's so sweet, thanks for sharing

[SteveNT]

By no means shape or form trying to start an argument but there are cases of people that have been "chased" by brown/taipan's (don't know which species exactly) around the Gladstone-rockhampton to Mackay region. Is something is chasing you then to me that says its defending the location where it is currently at...would you not agree? (remember not trying to start an arugment or anything just clarifying for future reference )

I was chased by a pair of XL coastal taipans on Cobourg Peninsular (Arnhem Land) for 100 meters, then another 100 meters. They weren't actually attacking me but were certainly herding me out of their zone. I wasn't arguing.

[mo-deville]

That's so sweet, thanks for sharing

[spinksnakes]

this i what happened to my diamond. she has been like that since she was born. and when i got her out she was fine.
i made a homemade hook so i can get her out without a hassle. so i recommend making/buying a snake hook. it helps a lot
hope i helped

[Striker]

And remember the sources of the "a snake chased me" stories are often pretty unreliable. I don't take too much notice of the snake chasing stories (although I don't argue that they are false 100% of the time either - those browns are cranky). It's just that most are urban legends or from panicked people who came within a 50 metre radius of an unidentified reptile and their imagination ran wild. I also don't take much notice of other stories like:

"I saw a python on the road and it was twice as thick as your thigh and 12 metres long"
"I got bitten by a blue tongue and now I have a wound that opens up once a year where it bit me"
"A friend of mine killed a Taipan on his property" (when they live in Victoria)

you get the idea....

[Danni_1488]

My 2 yr old coastal is a little cage defensive, but she has never bitten (even her previous owner was never bitten) she will strike out now and then, but its an empty threat, she doesnt open her mouth, its like she is saying "back off", but i still get her out to play, she needs to be used to daily handling and if i get bitten in the process so be it lol.

My mum's 1 yr old spotted is very cage defensive, but her previous owner stopped handling her for a long time, I put my hand in yesterday (also feeding day so was pretty stupid) and she coiled, i figured she has to get used to being handled again as there are kids in the house who just want to play with her, so i touched her anyway, she latched on and wrapped herself around my hand, got another 2 or 3 bites in and then i figured i'd better leave her alone and feed her lol. It was a great learning experience though, i'd never been bitten by a snake till we got baby childreni and they were fiesty but they didnt hurt, so was interesting to see how they attack, to actually feel it and to feel the power they have in those little jaws! Or maybe i am just a sucker for pain
My mums coastal on the other hand, you can be rough as guts with him and he just doesnt care!! Not that we are rough with him though lol

[CrystalMoon]

I have to say in my whole few years(tongue in cheek)of keeping Pythons I would agree that mine appear to be defensive(the ones who are)of themselves rather than their enclosure. I will also admit to wrongly using the term "cage defensive" at times, I should be clear and say that they are "defensive" in their enclosure(cage) I have Jungles/Coastals and a Hypo Bredli and will say that only the Jungles display very defensive behavior. I do think describing the behavior as aggressive(on a lot of sites/threads) can be a little misleading, to me it is what it is "defensive" (just my thoughts )

[Leasdraco]

That's so sweet, thanks for sharing

Thats what I get for not bothering to read past the 1st post...

[Nick-G]

My jungle just gets really interested when I start lifting the lid off her tank doesn't go into S shape until I go to get her with the hook. I wouldn't call it aggressive just interested in wats goin on. (I also feed her In her tank) Putting her back in is the hard part! Lol

[Danni_1488]

My jungle just gets really interested when I start lifting the lid off her tank doesn't go into S shape until I go to get her with the hook. I wouldn't call it aggressive just interested in wats goin on. (I also feed her In her tank) Putting her back in is the hard part! Lol

Am i the only one who finds the hooks awkward and annoying? I just use my hands to get my girl out