Cersei is a 7 month old female Ball Python, about 23 inches long. She's only ever bitten one person, when we first brought her home from the Breeder. She is an exceptionally active snake, curious and has never balled up on us. We handle her at least every other day,consistently. We fed her from the moment we got her only frozen-thawed mice about once every five days give or take. Recently, after moving, we fed her a live mouse-the first since she was with the Breeder (about 5 months). Around the same time, we got her a new hide. The hide is a bit bigger than the one she was in before. A few days after switching the hides, while wetting her substrate to maintain humidity, she struck at my wife. This was about 5 days ago. We figured she pissed off the snake with the water. But then today, after handling her for less than a minute, I set her in her feeding box for a moment and she struck at me. She bit me, but immediately released and went back into Strike Position. I'm wondering if there is any correlation between this newly aggressive behavior and either the new hide, or her first live mouse. We feed her one large mouse every 5 days or so consistently, so I don't think she's hungry. Can someone please give me some insight?
Thanks!
Sergio and Ronni