aggressive male.

I have a fairly new male. I have held gim a few times and he nevee moves or tries to run. Yesrerday i fed him and waited abouted 30hrs to get him out. Went to get him out andhe hissed. What can i do to break this if anything. i dont want him aggressive when he gets bigger.

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Originally Posted by jmitch

I have a fairly new male. I have held gim a few times and he nevee moves or tries to run. Yesrerday i fed him and waited abouted 30hrs to get him out. Went to get him out andhe hissed. What can i do to break this if anything. i dont want him aggressive when he gets bigger.

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If he's a baby, he'll calm down with age. There's really not much you can do, other than handle him on a regular basis...and keep him fed. :D

I have adults that still hiss when I take them out, but they don't strike. Babies can be a little nippy though...

Feed him in his own enclosure...

Then leave him alone to digest.

Problem solved :)

i do feed him in his own enclosure.

lol then why are you bothering him after he ate? I'd hiss at you too ;)

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Originally Posted by sho220

there's really not much you can do, other than handle him on a regular basis...and keep him fed. :d

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he ate almost a day and half ago. Was not like a fed him 10 mins ago.

love an handling I have an angry snake that hate steh world but he is slowly calming down after daily handling. Just not after eating! My spider lady hisses at me every so often, just need to let me know shes in charge...

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Originally Posted by jmitch

he ate almost a day and half ago. Was not like a fed him 10 mins ago.

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Ahhh I misread what you posted, I thought you fed him, then went to pick him up 30 minutes later lol.

Hissing is normal, I get hissed at all the time, I don't really see it as aggression, it's more for show...to show how "tough" they are :rolleyes:. I wouldn't worry about it :)

Could be a sign of stress, how long ago did you get him?
How much have you handled him since he came home?
Is he located in a high traffic area in your home?
Double check your husbandry with the care sheet.

lol i figured you miss read it.

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.

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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.

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haha...me too...my first thought was why are you handling him after only 30mins?

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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.

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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

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.

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 :)

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.

Does he always hiss at you, or is this the first time? And has he ever struck at you?

first time he has hissed. he has never struck. he just came out of shed.

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.