Please help hiding under water bowl and not eating for almost 3 weeks.

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Originally Posted by mother_of_monsters

is that ok to do. I heard somewhere that that can lead to aggressive behavior when trying to handle your BP. My friend did that ad she became aggressive.

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Dont believe everything your read or hear about balls. ;)

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

Dont believe everything your read or hear about balls. ;)

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Are you trying to get yourself quoted in someone's signature? Because that's how you get yourself quoted in someone's signature. :rofl:

ok ill try it.

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Originally Posted by mother_of_monsters

is that ok to do. I heard somewhere that that can lead to aggressive behavior when trying to handle your BP. My friend did that ad she became aggressive.

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This appears to be something rather of a myth. Especially if you handle them and you open their enclosure besides for feeding. I don't feed outside of the enclosure for this reason. (but read on)

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Originally Posted by Dave Green

If he doesn't take it from you try leaving it in the cage overnight. Sometimes they just want dark and quiet.

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Interesting you point this out. If OP keeps their snake in a glass display vivarium, what she can actually try is taking her BP out and putting it in a tight fitting tub with a dead rodent then placing that in a dark closet/drawer/room for a few hours. I got the idea after reading Justin Kobylka's Psychology of Problem Feeders and needless to say, ended a fast this way. This should really be the only reason to feed outside of an enclosure; not because of aggression concerns.
If the snake is kept in tubs or in a rack system, it's as easy as switching tubs like the article recommends.

ok I am loving the feed back. So what I will try to night is to fed him around sunset, and try to feed him in his enclosure. if he doesn't take it I can just leave it in there. Right?

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Originally Posted by Eric Alan

Are you trying to get yourself quoted in someone's signature? Because that's how you get yourself quoted in someone's signature. :rofl:

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Or in the out of context thread!

Feeding in the enclosure does not cause aggression. However, if the only time the enclosure gets opened up is feeding time, it can definitely teach the snake that opening the enclosure means DINNER! Once a person has trained his/her snake that, if he/she is stupid enough to put something other than dinner in there, like a hand... well, then, yes, a bite is likely. Or the snake will come lunging out of the enclosure wondering where the food is, which looks pretty darn aggressive. Another factor is that people who neglect their snakes by not opening the enclosure regularly to do things like clean the cage, clean the water bowl, etc, are also likely the same ones who neglect their snakes by not feeding as much as would be ideal. So that adds up to snakes that are half starved AND think food is coming every time the enclosure is opened. So it is easy to see how this myth got started. But mistaking a human for food is not the same as aggression. It can happen with the tamest gentlest snake ever if the smell of rodent is in the air, or on the hand. As long as you handle your snake regularly and don't do stupid things like trying to handle them just after holding your pet rat (or his soon-to-be dinner), they won't get overly aggressive nor be confused about whether you are edible or not.

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It can happen with the tamest gentlest snake ever if the smell of rodent is in the air, or on the hand

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Yeeep. My older snake is a sweetheart, but on feeding day and with the smell of rodents wafting around the room, he comes out like a jack in the box when the top of the tub comes off. It's fairly funny, and slightly nerve wracking.

Any other time/no smell in the room and he's happy to crawl onto a handy, no problem, but when he's hungry and smells rats, things get... exciting. I would NOT want to try to move him in that state, either.

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Originally Posted by mother_of_monsters

ok I am loving the feed back. So what I will try to night is to fed him around sunset, and try to feed him in his enclosure. if he doesn't take it I can just leave it in there. Right?

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Give it a go; just make sure your husbandry is up to par first, as this could initially be the problem as well.

the enclosure is p to par that wa the fist thing I checked.