How to tame a hissing BP?

Hello,

I wanted to know if you guys know any method to tame my BP. He always hisses at me when I try to grab him but he doesnt bite, any tips to make him stop hissing?

How long have you had him? What's his set up like?

Whistle at him!

Ball Pythons don't require taming, can you post more details about your husbandry details, temps, humidity...etc


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Yeah, hissing is more likely due to stress. First stop = check the environment.

My pastel BP used to hiss as a bluff. I would make sure husbandry and set up was correct and if it seemed he was only reacting to me I would act with persistence and slow handling. :) he never hisses anymore. :)

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Originally Posted by anatess

Yeah, hissing is more likely due to stress. First stop = check the environment.

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x2 on this. Mine would sometimes hiss when I disturb her while shes in her enclosure but would stop when I have her in my hands. Please explain more

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

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Originally Posted by xbikez

Hello,

I wanted to know if you guys know any method to tame my BP. He always hisses at me when I try to grab him but he doesnt bite, any tips to make him stop hissing?

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What everyone has said. Sounds like stress due to a tank set up.

I just recently bought an adult Pastel Sugar, he loves to hiss and sometimes strike at me. I've learned to open his tub, take out his hide and let him come out on his own so he doesn't feel threatened by me grabbing him. He likes to explore so it doesn't usually take him long. Also I bumped up the size of his meals, I think it was a combo of stress from the new move and the person before me was only feeding him mice. He's starting to come around now.

I have in a tub

With heat mat, temps at 85- 92. Eating once a week, I have had him for a month.

65% humidity

Here's a link that helped me with snake aggression in general.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7DQssbM0uk

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Originally Posted by Louie

x2 on this. Mine would sometimes hiss when I disturb her while shes in her enclosure but would stop when I have her in my hands. Please explain more

"Snakes don't bite. Just humans."

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Mine does the same thing, when I aproach to grab him he hisses but when he is in my hands he stops doing it.