So, we bought 2 blonde spotted pythons hatchies off 2 different breeders at the end of january.
Female was a bit skitz at first but calmed down quite quickly. Aggresive for her first shed. Fine since then.
Male was the most laid back snake youcould think off. Never tried to strike at anything apart from his food , even then, he was never overly aggressive.
But something has changed over the past while.
Female has started "sniffing" our hands and then slowly opens her mouth to bite. Not a strike, almost as if it is an after thought. She has biten my partner once, attacked our duvet, and biten myself (I was biten last night - my first one! very exciting) after the "sniffing" process over the past few weeks. Usually we would just put her back when she started sniffing. I let her do it last night, and she slowly coiled up around my fingers to constrict them and sat there biting me for a minute or 2 before we made her stop.
Male has started to take this tedndency up too. He struck out at my partner and has been become very active. He also tried to eat the side of his container when it came to dinner time last week. He hasn't been as bad as the female, but it is very out of character for him.
They have also both become obsessed with trying to get out of their containers (they are right next to each other) They spend ALL day trying to push their noses through the air holes, or even where there isn't a hole. They only do this on the corner/side that they are next to the other. They have been putting so much effort into trying to get out, that they completely move their water bowls/hides and paper towels around.
Neither of them are due for a shed, and they can't be hungry as they have been acting like this before/after the feed.
Any thoughts on what has started this personality change in them? Surely, at 6 months, they wouldn't be affected by "breeding season"
Any suggestions will be welcomed as i want my old babies back! I miss them.
Female was a bit skitz at first but calmed down quite quickly. Aggresive for her first shed. Fine since then.
Male was the most laid back snake youcould think off. Never tried to strike at anything apart from his food , even then, he was never overly aggressive.
But something has changed over the past while.
Female has started "sniffing" our hands and then slowly opens her mouth to bite. Not a strike, almost as if it is an after thought. She has biten my partner once, attacked our duvet, and biten myself (I was biten last night - my first one! very exciting) after the "sniffing" process over the past few weeks. Usually we would just put her back when she started sniffing. I let her do it last night, and she slowly coiled up around my fingers to constrict them and sat there biting me for a minute or 2 before we made her stop.
Male has started to take this tedndency up too. He struck out at my partner and has been become very active. He also tried to eat the side of his container when it came to dinner time last week. He hasn't been as bad as the female, but it is very out of character for him.
They have also both become obsessed with trying to get out of their containers (they are right next to each other) They spend ALL day trying to push their noses through the air holes, or even where there isn't a hole. They only do this on the corner/side that they are next to the other. They have been putting so much effort into trying to get out, that they completely move their water bowls/hides and paper towels around.
Neither of them are due for a shed, and they can't be hungry as they have been acting like this before/after the feed.
Any thoughts on what has started this personality change in them? Surely, at 6 months, they wouldn't be affected by "breeding season"
Any suggestions will be welcomed as i want my old babies back! I miss them.