boa hissy fit

What are you feeding your 3 year old, 5 foot long, boa? Do you think he could be hungry???

Two of my boas are half his age and they eat every 10-14 days...

The previous owner had him on a med - large rat once a week I have done the same. His temps are low to mid 90s on the hot end, mid to low 80s on the cool. He is bci. I just touch him with a hook so he knows I am there.

I found he really hates the hook. Just touch him with it and hes pissed. So I have tried a new technique. I take his cage which is a huge palstic bin ( i think is made to hold a fake xmas tree) and put it up where he can see me. I move around doing stuff and he watches. Then I take his hide off him,(upside down plastic storage bin) an i let him see my hand through his cage. He watches for a minute then looses interest. Then i finally take a piece of luandry and put it near him so he can smell it and he is calmed down and can be taken out. The luandry seems to be familiarizing him with my scent so hes not so nervous. Seems like alot but so far it is working. I think he is just scared so with time I hope he calms down and gets used to me coming into his cage.

handle him frequently, i have a female tiger retic, that is the devil, but i take her out and i make sure its on my terms, she is getting better but still nasty as sin. and she is coming up on 2yrs old

Alot of mine hiss and throw a fit. Dont let them win, if you want them out and they are not in shed or have just had a meal just take them out. But you are right he is probably not use to seeing the hook. I believe most of the time it is a big bluff. Over time he will adjust to you and you to him. Good Luck.

Well he has reverted to evil agian. I leave him alone for a couple days and he turns on me, Now hes even worse than ever. This time I opened his cage he wasnt in his hide, he stared at me and then just lunged at me. So I thought if i just leave him to watch me as I did some stuff he would settle, no instaed whatever side of his cage I was on, he would follow and repeatedly strike at me and hiss. I wanted to change his water and dry up his cage, he had been dragging water out of his bowl and shavings in but i couldnt, He came flying out of the cage at me as soon as I opened it agian. I had to throw a towel over his head to get him back in and he tried biting through that. I am now scared of him, he just sits ans stares and hisses and strikes non stop.
Is there any disease that causes them to be so extremely aggressive, like how rabies is with dogs?
I think he is to dangerous. Had he been a dog Id have him put down. But some people like aggresive snakes so I am now trying to rehome him.
this sucks since now I no longer like boas, and am afriad to try to ever own another. I have a baby female who is nice but now i worry, what if she becomes aggressive too?

you dont have to worry about zoonotic diseases with a snake bite. alot of snakes are territorial, so when they are in their enclosure, they can get quite upset when you handle or mess with them in their territory. i have a tiger retic, who is satan herself in her enclosure, but when i get her out she calms down quite abit. the trick is, if you want a snake out, bring it out. make them come out on your terms, not let them stay in on their terms. once they know your feel, smell, and whatnot, and you just let them win, they know they have complete control over you. when you wanna bring your boa out, bring him out. granted in order to do this, you are probably going to get bit a few times before he realizes, im not gonna win. but be consistent and keep bringing him out.

this is vital info... somepeople have tried using thick leather gloves when handeling agressive snakes.. but as mention fear is not the answer.. persistance is!!! Good luck

all species of snakes can have bad tempers. In my experience with boas i have never met a mean one and im around allot of boas. Sometimes they are just to territorial for their own good. I suggest u keep ur baby at least so you can still have experience with good tempers in the species.