does his belly look pink? . sometimes they get aggressive when they are getting ready to shed.
07-06-2009, 10:53 AM
casper
Re: very aggressive
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Originally Posted by Kaorte
Trust me, they can eat things bigger than you expect. It might take a while to get it down but thats not a problem. They shouldn't be gulping them down quickly anyway.
It gulped the hopper fast. The fastest I seen my snake eat.
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Originally Posted by bads15
does his belly look pink? . sometimes they get aggressive when they are getting ready to shed.
When I had it out the day before it looked normal.
07-06-2009, 03:32 PM
WingedWolfPsion
Re: very aggressive
Sometimes new snakes are too stressed out to show their true colors...once they settle in, they get more comfortable. A LOT of hatchlings will strike in self defense, and any large thing that's moving looks like a possible threat to them--they don't see very well. They usually grow out of this behavior in a few months.
I have noticed that sometimes hatchlings that start out docile will become much more actively defensive for a while, and then grow out of it again as they become larger and more confident.
My recommendation would be to put the snake's cage in a low-traffic area, and minimize people making fast movements around it.
