Was that a hiss?

My darling kyna was coiled in a ball next to her hide box when i went to give her fresh water and I noticed that she started breathing really heavily... and when I picked up the water dish she let out all that air in one relitively louder exhale... Was that a hiss??? She is sheding and I know your supposed to leave them alone but her water is constantly getting her substrait in it since she gets in, then out, then back in bringing some aspen chips with her... It kind of startled me I admit... what are your thoughts?

Im very new so i might not be much help. :D :D

My regular has done that recently, also in shed. I think he was just a little stressed. Maybe startled. I dont think its anything serious.

It sounds to me like you just startled her. Maybe you can try a smaller water bowl to discourage her from crawling through it? It just needs to be big enough to drink out of.

yea it sounds like she hissed at you. Nothing to worry about I got 3 or four that'll do that, shes just reminding you that she has teeth. It doesn't mean she'll bite she is just saying "here I am get away or I might make you bleed" LOL.. just keep working with her some grow out of it some (God love 'em) don't.

One of our adult normal females (oddly enough also named Kyna) will do that loud, low exhale kind of hiss. It's like she really would like to do a big snake hiss but just can't be bothered LOL but she still wants to register her disapproval at being bothered.

I'd also agree though that you remove the larger water dish and just give her something she can get a drink out of but not laze about in. Soaking too much in their dish isn't good for them and tends to foul their drinking source and cause wet substrate which can lead to all sorts of problems.

I got to hear my friends 6 footer hiss the other night, :O much louder than i thought, I backed my ass up, lol!

AWWW well.. I thought it was adorable! I will get her a smaller water dish when I have the money I think she was spending lots of time in her dish cause she was constipated. (she pooped right before she shed only after soaking... or at least thats what the vet said it probably was) her hisses are soooooooo cute... so pathetic... :snake:

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

AWWW well.. I thought it was adorable! I will get her a smaller water dish when I have the money I think she was spending lots of time in her dish cause she was constipated. (she pooped right before she shed only after soaking... or at least thats what the vet said it probably was) her hisses are soooooooo cute... so pathetic... :snake:

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With very rare exception...the only time my snake poops is during or immediately after a shed. And she's not constipated. They can go a long time between poops and be perfectly fine. Just FYI. ;)

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Originally Posted by TheDude

I got to hear my friends 6 footer hiss the other night, :O much louder than i thought, I backed my ass up, lol!

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Watch the language please:)

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Originally Posted by JLC

With very rare exception...the only time my snake poops is during or immediately after a shed. And she's not constipated. They can go a long time between poops and be perfectly fine. Just FYI. ;)

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Just saying what the vet told me.

When BPs shed they get eye caps and they can't see so sometimes they get a bit on edge. I've never been hissed at before though so I don't know excatly what a BPs hiss sounds like.

Nagaina has hissed me on a number of occasions. mostly only when I startle her (unintentially), like if I move my hand too fast in her tank, or take off her hide too fast. I thought it was funny :)

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Originally Posted by tmlowe5704

Watch the language please:)

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Originally Posted by JLC

With very rare exception...the only time my snake poops is during or immediately after a shed.

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Mine too. Never poops except in conjunction with a shed.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

Mine too. Never poops except in conjunction with a shed.

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Wow wish mine was like that he poops like every two weeks.

Also a couple of years ago my BP hissed at me when I was trying to take him out of his enclosure. I didn't think anything about it and just continued to try and uncoil him from his plant. He bit me. So I left him alone.

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

My darling kyna was coiled in a ball next to her hide box when i went to give her fresh water and I noticed that she started breathing really heavily... and when I picked up the water dish she let out all that air in one relitively louder exhale... Was that a hiss??? She is sheding and I know your supposed to leave them alone but her water is constantly getting her substrait in it since she gets in, then out, then back in bringing some aspen chips with her... It kind of startled me I admit... what are your thoughts?

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Whoe's Kyna?

Yeah, BP's will his at you if you make them angry. I have a large female that will hiss even when I open the enclosure. I don't know if she is just that mad or if she is stupid. i will push the tub back into the rack and she will still hiss when she sees something move by the tub. They will do it even more when in shed considering they cannot see anything. It would be like someone prodding you in complete darkness almost.
That would make me mad wouldn't you get mad about that?:confused: