Hets gone crazy!!!!

I have a pair of albino hets and there more moody then most of my snakes. But the female is crazy. I took her out yesterday to feed her and she struck at me 3 times in a row. Then when i went to move her she hissed at me ( she hisses all the time), but she has never struck at me. Dose anyone have this problem with there hets?

nope... not unless my male's hungry ;)...

Doubt it's anything to do with them being hets or a genetic issue. Just snakes being snakes. Some are easy to deal with, some have attitudes...some are easy one moment and hissy the next.

Ed Clark and Tim Bailey recently posted that they thought Het Albinos were more aggressive, so there might be something to it. I don't think it's a steadfast rule, though, as I have a couple het albinos that are very timid/flinchy and have never struck at me.

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Originally Posted by Tussin

I have a pair of albino hets and there more moody then most of my snakes. But the female is crazy. I took her out yesterday to feed her and she struck at me 3 times in a row. Then when i went to move her she hissed at me ( she hisses all the time), but she has never struck at me. Dose anyone have this problem with there hets?

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Sounds to me like maybe she'd be a candidate for being fed in her own enclosure, rather than being moved. I can't imagine trying to reach in and pick up my het-caramel on feeding day...she lunges for the first movement she sees, so it better be the rat! LOL

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Ed Clark and Tim Bailey recently posted that they thought Het Albinos were more aggressive, so there might be something to it. I don't think it's a steadfast rule, though, as I have a couple het albinos that are very timid/flinchy and have never struck at me.

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I have to agree. Just about every 100% het I have ever met (not all but most) wants to do nothing but draw blood on me.

I just sold 2 66% het girls and I swear based upon the attitude, one of them is a 100% het without a doubt.

They just don't like me.:D

i have the same problem. both my albino hets (male and female) are very moody. they strike at me just about every time i take them out. you just have to work with them tho. my pair is starting to mellow out now. ive had them for about a month

i've not noticed any extra or unusual aggression with any of my hets. in fact, my het albino girl will only eat a f/t rat that is left on the cage floor for her to eat once i leave the room. pretty tame stuff there. :)

You're lucky it's so calm.

Het albinos, orange ghosts, and WC adults are the only BP's I have ever had to use a hook with.

i also have 2 het ghosts and they are sweethearts. :) i do have some poss. het pieds that are a little fiesty--not bad but i've been nipped by a few of them. they are still just babies though and get excited about feeding day (can't dislike that!). but maybe i should take that as a sign that they will prove out for me in a few years. :P

The thing is I have other hets and there all fine its just the albino hets.

Albino hets tend to be more nippy than any other morph, have not seen this behavior in any others. they will grow out of it with some gentile handling. Spiders are the most laid back of any morph. this is just some observations of mine and Im sure others have different opinions. :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Doubt it's anything to do with them being hets or a genetic issue. Just snakes being snakes. Some are easy to deal with, some have attitudes...some are easy one moment and hissy the next.

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Neither of our spiders have ever even hissed at me. Out of about 15 het albinos, none has struck, but a few have hissed. The possible het pieds, on the other hand, get down right excited on feeding day. I narrowly miss getting eaten by several of them every week! Its always feeding response with them though. The only aggressive/defensive strikes I get are from the NORMAL females.

Steve