Balls with attitude

Anyone out there have a ball python with some serious nippy attitude?

I just got one that just does not seem to like me? I almost got my face in her mouth tonight:rofl:. I'm not going to lie, it kind of makes me like her a lot. She just seems like a little project to work with, she's an 07.

I know there's other people out there with this problem, will she calm down over time by handling her?

My first thought would be that she needs to be left alone for awhile.

my girl was a real beotch up until she was about a year old then she started to mellow more and more everyday. she hasnt tried to hit me now for about 5 months which is nice cuz shes 1800 g empty. if you handle the little guy or girl im sure she will chill. GOOD LUCK :gj:

yeah i have the same problem with a couple of balls. one is an 07 100%het albino male that is always striking, he is getting traded for a 100%het albino girl cuz i already got an albino male and two now three het girls. the other is a 100%het for vpi axanthic female that has always been a beotch since we got her. tried to handle her but has not helped. and has stopped eating for the most part also.but has not been bred i might sell her this year cuz i'm tired of dealing with her.

Trevor I know from talking to you that you've only had her a short time and she is an 07. Just remember this isn't about an attitude or being nasty, it's about a snake being a snake and seeing to it's own best interests first - in other word instincts at work.

That snake hasn't the first clue you mean her well. She's little, she's in an unfamilar, new place, for her you could just as likely be a predator come to eat her up. It's completely normal for a snake to lash out in a defensive manner under those circumstances and I wouldn't worry about it at all at this point.

Just let her settle in properly, get a good solid feeding program going and down the road a bit you can work with her on good handling experiences. :)

Yeah I got a baby male normal BP that is crazy man. Anytime you walk by the tank, or try to pick him up he strikes at least once. He's caught me ALOT! lol

I have several balls thats have a little bit of a personaliy disorder. :D

Each snake is different... some are overly defensive and some aren't. I haven't had a lot of luck taming down my one pissy girl. She's an adult and she always hisses when you pick her up and sometimes strikes. Not sure what her deal is but I have learned to accept it.

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From what i've been reading, it seems as if the females are little meaner than the males?

That's usually how it is in the human world right? ;)

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

From what i've been reading, it seems as if the females are little meaner than the males?

That's usually how it is in the human world right? ;)

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females are only "meaner" than males when they are gravid or protecting their eggs, for the most part. other than that there is really no issue.

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Originally Posted by Skoalbasher

From what i've been reading, it seems as if the females are little meaner than the males?

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I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

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That's usually how it is in the human world right? ;)

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Maybe female snakes are like female humans and are just more picky who we're nice to. :P

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

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Haha, I was actually just saying that because of my observations. From what I've seen, people that have snippy snakes, it usually is a "She". But that's just from what I've read here.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

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I agree. My little girl was mean when I first got her, but if I'd been thrown in a sack and shipped in a bumpy truck for a few hundred miles I'd be a bit irritated, too. She's sweet now and likes to curl up in my hoodie pocket and watch me play videogames.

As for the eggs, if some giant hand came out of the sky and tried to take my (nonexistent) child from me, I'd be IRATE.

Also, if the numbers are skewed towards females being meaner (I don't think they are) it may be because often times people have more females than males for breeding purposes. More snakes = more different personalities and more chance of some being mean, especially when eggs are involved. So if I had 5 males and 1 was mean and 25 females and 5 were mean, it would seem like females are meaner but it's really the same amount.

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Originally Posted by cutemouse

Also, if the numbers are skewed towards females being meaner (I don't think they are) it may be because often times people have more females than males for breeding purposes. More snakes = more different personalities and more chance of some being mean, especially when eggs are involved. So if I had 5 males and 1 was mean and 25 females and 5 were mean, it would seem like females are meaner but it's really the same amount.

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Thanks for the math lesson. I never did understand what a ratio was. ;)

If you just look at this one thread, the only people that said their snakes were mean said they were girls. Same with some other threads, just led me to believe that was the case.