Snappy

[Julie-anne]

Mineko, my 6mnth coastal has never bit before and only ever struck at me when handled for the first few times but suddenly she has turned snappy, tagging my boyfriend 3 times and even striking at the glass in his direction after he put her back in her enclosure. Previously she has been handling really well.

She has missed a feed by a day or two because we were away for a few days but she can't be expecting her meal?!?!
We later found out that the light of the room she is kept in has been left on for 3 days, she has her hide to retreat to but could this be why she's so grumpy? (I know I would be!)

Or is their an age where females tend to get snappy and can this habit be coaxed out of them?

[peterjohnson64]

My diamond hybrid did just the same. she was great when little but then started to get snappy and stayed that way for years until I stopped feeding her in her cage (and moved her to a different cage).

Do you feed her in her tank?

I also have a mad crazy Bredli here but it has always been that way. It may be just the snake.

[scotchbo]

my coastal hatchie (male) was like that wanting to eat me everytime i opened his tank i use a hook to get him out now and he is fine and i could even get him out by hand if i wanted to id be feeding it in a different container i use a big click clack to feed in then when there finished i put them back in there heated click clack

[waruikazi]

Maybe your boyfriend smells Hehehe

[RevDaniel]

My adult olive python is the same sort of story line as the other snakes. She was good to handle but i needed to keep her inside a smaller enclosure for a couple of weeks but she didn't take to well to that and has been extremely agressive ever since. I now have her in a great big enclosure where she is so happy but still none the less aggressive as a scrub python. The enclosure i have her in is designed to keep a scrub python or two, maybe its something about the enclosure. She is a good feeder and is growing well so i do not mind at all. Love the snakes with character.