Burmese Python Question.

today has been odd... our ball got attacked by a rat and she was finally going to eat.. then our Burmese just changed. We didn't handle him yesterday Because of work, (first time in a month we haven't) so we attempted to feed him the rat. And my fiancée got out our burm and it just.. went crazy. It took a snap at her and I just played it off, so attempted to feed, and he grabbed and wrapped but let go, no bites. So I went to pick him up and he bit me and didn't let go. I mean he held on to me for almost 20 minutes. I've never had a burn over a year old in my care for more then 3 days. Do Burmese really change this drastically this tike of year Because of the cold?

It could be almost anything, time of the year, impending shed, bad cologne, you smelled good. You need to examine the situation and see what's changed or different. Yes, i've owned Burms and Retics.

I don't have experience with Burms; however, I have experience with blood pythons. I noticed that if I didn't thoroughly wash my hands with soap after touch a rat they would be A LOT more aggressive (I got bit several times before learning this). But if I washed my hands (get rid of the rat scent) and moved slowly they were almost always normal and calm.

Like TheWinWizard said.. It could be smell or many other explanations...

Sounds like a feeding responce because of the rodents

I would say it was because you smelled like the rat. And it could have been stressed from being handled by your fiance. There really could be a few factors.

Wow. Lots Of replies. :) good to know if I need help. (Which wasn't until the past week...bad week) I can get it here. Thank you everyone. I'm pretty sure it was from not washing my hands after attempting to feed our ball.. bad mistake I shouldn't have made. And thank you for no "get rid of it" comments.

You couldn't pay me to stick my hand in my boas enclosure after handling a rat, so I can only imagine a bermese python's feeding response lol. I have no experience with them, but I'm sure that's what the problem was. Good luck! :)