We cleaned Lilith’s enclosure last night. She hadn’t pooped in about 6 weeks. This morning, I noticed that her enclosure was extremely humid (99%). Sure enough, she had pooped and released a lot of water. As I removed her from her enclosure to clean up, she hissed. When I tried to take her out of her temporary enclosure to put her back, she hissed again. She has never hissed before! So, I left her in her temporary enclosure for now (locking Rubbermaid with holes drilled in). I think she may have been sleeping and is just grouchy, as we usually interact with her in the evenings, not mid-morning.

When do your ball pythons usually hiss? Do you leave them alone when they do?