mean phase

do yalls red tails go hrough a mean phase once in a while. it feels like my peruvian pastel boy keeps getting mean then nice

I think they all have times to be mellow and mean. The more you handle the nicer they become. Mine seems cool for awhile, then psycho.

Mine is just a baby. So far she hasn't been nasty at all.

Mine is 376 grams, and is a 2/10 birthday.

It also depends on the locale. My BCC female is ok when out of the enclosure but I need to use the hook to get her out to avoid being bitten.

The head trick we use on giant constrictors to calm them works good for feisty boas as well... While holding the snake in your lap or on the floor, bring your hand slowly up it's neck, from behind it's head, down over the face. Barely touching it the entire time. Slightly cup your hand over the front of the face. Do it slowly and gently. It should pause and then slowly back away from your hand, tongue flicking.

Do this every time it gets flighty, or nervous. Remains in strike position, or you otherwise want to calm the snake and assure it there is no danger.

This calms them, gets them out of strike mode, helps with head-shy jerkiness, and helps them get use to your scent faster.

Works wonders on Burms and Retics but also on Boas. As long as your movements are slow and direct, just about any bad mood can be curbed.

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

see now its happy agian. ill have to try that sometime soon.

No, most of my boas are docile year round. The only time some of mine hiss is when I am removing babies from their cage after birth.

I need to hook mine in order to remover her from her enclosure. She is never mean or aggressive...I just think she is looking for food. Once she is out of her cage, she is a sweet heart!

i do feed mine out side of the cage though. i think what it is is he is a red tail he is a very jerky very scitish snake so he just seems to be argressive. because he has bitttin me only once.