reasons for striking ?

[babygerl3094]

i was wonderin what reasons would cause a snake to strike.....

for some reason my snake has become very aggressive.... nothin has changed the temps are where they are suppose to be... so i was wonderin what other reasons would cause them to strike

[JASBALLS]

i was wonderin what reasons would cause a snake to strike.....

for some reason my snake has become very aggressive.... nothin has changed the temps are where they are suppose to be... so i was wonderin what other reasons would cause them to strike

Umm, Its a snake. They do that..

[babygerl3094]

yeah but this a is very well tempered and has never done it before, he seems to be very jumpy the last few days....

so i was wonderin what reasons could cause it.... what changes......

and yes i know they are snakes... i know my pet though and am lookin for answers so i can help him..

[kc261]

What you need to do is look at what has changed.

Anything in his enclosure? Anything in the area around it? Your perfume? Is he in shed?

Or maybe it wasn't a change so much as a sudden movement that made him feel insecure and strike out defensively.

You might be able to figure out what caused the change in behavior.

Or it could be like Jasballs said. They are snakes... they do do that sometimes. They don't necessarily need a reason.

[Patrick Long]

Over handling could cause stress, which in turn would cause a previousy calm snake to maybe act out and strike!

[West Coast Jungle]

Sometimes their just pissed off, happens to all of us.

[tigerlily]

Sometimes weather fronts can affect their behavior as well. All in all, no one can tell you exactly why. Eliminate the husbandry factors, by double and triple checking.

Also an impending shed can make them feel vunerable. If none of these apply, then I'd say you're snake is just not too happy.

[jdmls88]

maybe it went looney! j/k