hissing

why do snakes hiss

To sound mean so they can scare away a potential predator.

Snakes hiss to warn you away, try and scare you or because they are angry, but if you own a snake and they hiss pick him/her up otherwise they will know to hiss and you will leave them alone.

ahh ok thank u cause for the first time my snake hisses at me 2 times and scared the fire out of me

It's funny when they hiss especially ball pythons. Then you just put your hand behind their striking mouth and wella. You have an angry snake hand!

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Originally Posted by hunter0443

ahh ok thank u cause for the first time my snake hisses at me 2 times and scared the fire out of me

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When they hiss just pick them straight up, otherwise they will think every time they will hiss you will leave them alone, you don't want this to happen

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Originally Posted by SRMD94

When they hiss just pick them straight up, otherwise they will think every time they will hiss you will leave them alone, you don't want this to happen

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Why don't you want it to happen? I have one that hisses all the time, he doesn't strike, he just hisses. I just tell him he's a big scarey snake. Handling him doesn't change his propensity for hissing.

Yeah, I have a couple that constantly hiss...I don't see why it's a bad thing?

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Why don't you want it to happen? I have one that hisses all the time, he doesn't strike, he just hisses. I just tell him he's a big scarey snake. Handling him doesn't change his propensity for hissing.

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oh it was something i was told when i first got my bp, my mistake

I am taking care of a little tiny normal female that hisses every time I go to pick her up. At a whole 85grams it is pretty hilarious.


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Hissing isn't something to worry about, similar to a dog growling - it's a warning. It's a bad behavior, and I don't treat it as such. However, the idea SRMD94 had should be put into use if it comes to striking. In my collection, if a snake strikes at me or bites me while I'm handling, I don't react and continue to handle them until they calm down, and then put them back in the enclosure, because that way they might start to realize that biting gets them nowhere.

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Originally Posted by Alexandra V

Hissing isn't something to worry about, similar to a dog growling - it's a warning. It's a bad behavior, and I don't treat it as such. However, the idea SRMD94 had should be put into use if it comes to striking. In my collection, if a snake strikes at me or bites me while I'm handling, I don't react and continue to handle them until they calm down, and then put them back in the enclosure, because that way they might start to realize that biting gets them nowhere.

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I do this on the occasion that I handle my little enchi girl. Shes new so I keep handling to a minimum for now but when I do she is relentless! No hissing but man she strikes over and over again. I feel like handling her for too long is too much stress but something I am sure will be worked out of her. I have not yet been tagged by her but there have been some close calls... But I completely agree you cant let it affect you. Bites come with the game anyway...

LOL me too.. I use to close the tub but my buddy told me to tap them on top of the head send them into defense mode and let them know its not time to eat LOL it works for me takes their mind of striking.

I have one who hisses if you hiss at him. Kinda funny.