Hissing?

My Cinny is a hisser. :) I know I must be insane but I adore him. As soon as I pop open his tub, he starts coming out of his hide, all s'd up to strike and hissing up a storm. :D He's such a delightful jerk!!! He makes me smile. I adore my feisty little Jayne!

My Dumeril Boa hisses in his tub, but once he's out he's calm. Just not a fan of being dug out of his bedding. ;)

What does it mean when a snake usually hisses? It will hiss at my gf but she usually won't hiss at me.

I call it "huffing" instead of hissing, since they don't open their mouths, but most of mine do it now and then when I annoy them.

I have a girl who is very headshy, and I don't force her. Over time, moving slowly and carefully, she will now let me touch her neck as close as 6" from her head, but no closer. I also have to be careful not to move my hands quickly near her head or she really freaks out. However, she loves to borrow under the blanket on my bed and just poke her head out.

Gale

I just got my bp about 5 days ago and she isn't head shy at all. I touch her head all the time to check for mites. But when I taker her out of her cage to take temps and I was setting up a rheostat I made, I set her on the bed and my gf will watch her for me and she will hiss at my gf all the time when she tries holding her but then I will lay on the bed and she will slither on me and I'll pick her up and when I try to put her down she wraps around my hand and constricts hard but not to hard. And I think it's funny how she acts towards me and then towards my gf lol it's funny

I have a little boa that is a total witch, she's very... vocal. Just her personality though, and I love her for it, I can't help but laugh, she looks like an angry kitten.

everytime i go into my pastels tub he makes the hissing sound but his mouth is closed too. i just call his bluff and pick him up and he relaxes. some days hes cuddly and some days he just wants to get away from me and go hide. hes gettin better tho, with a lil handling they usually do

I dont even try to touch or stroke my snakes head i dont like when they flinch back.

Hissing is just their defense! They are saying stay away from me! When mine hiss, I pick them up even if I had no plans on picking it up. I don't want them thinking that they intimidate me by hissing. I don't want to show fear!

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Originally Posted by angllady2

I call it "huffing" instead of hissing, since they don't open their mouths, but most of mine do it now and then when I annoy them.

I have a girl who is very headshy, and I don't force her. Over time, moving slowly and carefully, she will now let me touch her neck as close as 6" from her head, but no closer. I also have to be careful not to move my hands quickly near her head or she really freaks out. However, she loves to borrow under the blanket on my bed and just poke her head out.

Gale

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My girl is the same way! I can't make any quick movements or she'll jerk back and sometimes hiss. I'm slowly getting closer tho. I come up from behind and under her neck...I'm getting there, just not pushing it lol