A Hissing Snake?

[WakoNako]

Our BP has been getting under his water bowl recently and sleeping so I went to take him out of the enclosure today so I could put a new hide on the cool side and he started hissing at me like crazy.

He's never done this before, as soon as I had him picked up and in my hand he was all chill, but then i had to move him so I could put the water bowl back and he started hissing like crazy again.

Why would he behave this way? Its different from what Im used to with him I guess

[Danounet]

Is there Koolaid in the water? Maybe he is just like "Dont touch my Koolaid!"

But seriously I'm not sure. Kinda hard to tell what a snake is "thinking"

[waltah!]

If your husbandry temps/humidity and such are good then he's probably just having a bad day. I have a couple that hiss every time I open the rack. They stop when I pick them up every time.

[WakoNako]

That might be it. Right now he's crawling all over the new hide, its just a temporary one until I can get out and get him an identical one to the original.
I've changed out the water bowl as well to a slightly heavier one to see if I can keep him from gettin under it lol

[Adam Chandler]

Is he showing any signs of shedding? Only time I've heard my BP's hiss was when they were in shed and very defensive.

[WakoNako]

Is he showing any signs of shedding? Only time I've heard my BP's hiss was when they were in shed and very defensive.

Nope, he shed about 2 weeks ago anyway, so he shouldnt be ready to shed again yet should he?

[SlitherinSisters]

If your husbandry temps/humidity and such are good then he's probably just having a bad day. I have a couple that hiss every time I open the rack. They stop when I pick them up every time.

Same here. They just have an attitude. I wouldn't worry about it. My guy has hissed since day one and now he's just about 2 years old and has never gone a day without hissing.

[WakoNako]

Like I said, I think I was just wondering because he's not done it in the past, least not with me.

Might also be cause I woke him up to move the water bowl

[iCandiBallPythons]

If it was during the day , you coulda scared the crap out of him, they are nocturnal.