It has been like 3 weeks. I handle every other day for 15 to 30mins. I did not handle for first week, and he does not act stressed in tub.
12-11-2011, 03:41 PM
sho220
Re: aggressive male.
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Originally Posted by LGray23
Ahhh I misread what you posted, I thought you fed him, then went to pick him up 30 minutes later lol.
haha...me too...my first thought was why are you handling him after only 30mins?
12-11-2011, 03:43 PM
sho220
Re: aggressive male.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jmitch
It has been like 3 weeks. I handle every other day for 15 to 30mins. I did not handle for first week, and he does not act stressed in tub.
He'll mellow out...give him a few months...like was said above, he may hiss but probably won't bite..."probably" being the keyword... :D
12-11-2011, 03:57 PM
snakesRkewl
A snake hissing is telling you to leave him alone, which means you just grab him up and handle him, leave him alone and you just reinforce the hissing.
I have a 3000 gram female that does the same thing and as soon as I have her out she acts completely docile and enjoy her time out of the tub.
12-11-2011, 05:28 PM
Yaqcubper
My BP hissed at me for the first time when I went to go spot clean her tub and moved her around a few times to get her out of the way. It surprised me but she didn't strike or anything. Ever since then she hisses at me every other time I go to get her out and handle her. I see it as a "Hey, I'm comfortable what do you want?" type thing because once I have her out she's chill and starts getting all up on me lol :)
12-11-2011, 06:16 PM
loonunit
Some babies and juveniles are hissers. They almost always grow out of it, but regular (once a week), gentle handling helps.
And he could be going into shed. A lot of non-hissers get hissy during the early stages of the shed.
12-11-2011, 06:17 PM
loonunit
Does he always hiss at you, or is this the first time? And has he ever struck at you?
12-11-2011, 07:03 PM
jmitch
Re: aggressive male.
first time he has hissed. he has never struck. he just came out of shed.
12-11-2011, 07:33 PM
SlitherinSisters
You can't really break or train bps unfortunately. Hissing when they are babies is pretty normal. I have a couple bps that hiss at me non stop, they haven't ever bit me though. I wouldn't take it personally. Some BPs are just grouchy about being disturbed.
