What a lil brat!

[Herbie'sMom]

Our pastel hisses on occasion when we get him out of his enclosure. He used to do it a lot more, but decided he's ok enough with us to reserve it only for those times he's really annoyed. We tell him it doesn't scare us and even "encourage" him to do it more because it's so cute! Big bluffer...

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[erich_7719]

My butter will not only hiss at me, she will prop her head up and get in a striking position while hissing. Then coil up and hide her head when I call her bluff.

[AlexisFitzy]

My ball pythons have never hissed at me, but you should see the show my hognose put on! It's hilarious.

Haha I love this. My ball pythons aren't very hissy at all but man my little hoggy Armin is a little hissing machine. It always makes me jump because it just comes out of nowhere lol. Then I pick him up and he's like I'm cool, I'm cool.

[tembii]

It's so cool to hear everyone's stories!! I guess a lot of snakes put in a show!! Seems like especially these hognises out there!! I'm glad to hear in so many cases its just to make a bluff or put on a show and no one really get struck at it or bit. I feel like I having nothing to worry about just sneks being sneks! I love em!

[albinos_rule]

Of course, I have a couple that will sometimes hiss. No biggie, they are snakes, and snakes sometimes hiss

[Kittencaboodles]

I know ball python's are shy, but i'm pretty sure my albino is a wimp even by their standards. She hissed at me once when i was being rude and trying to get her out of a hide she didn't want to exit but even then she just and balled up tight.

[BWB]

Haha I love this. My ball pythons aren't very hissy at all but man my little hoggy Armin is a little hissing machine. It always makes me jump because it just comes out of nowhere lol. Then I pick him up and he's like I'm cool, I'm cool.

My Hog is the same way. If she is irritated with me (usually only when shedding) she'll let out some big-winded hisses but it is all hiss, no action. And when she is out all is fine and she is great.

[gtrdeath87]

My Pewter female doesn't hiss but she does like to kind of huff or spit air if you will. She has had me super worried that she had a respiratory infection when I first got her but she has never breathed raspy had any mucus in the mouth or missed a meal she just likes to blow air at me once or twice when I open her rack.

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[piedlover79]

Haha I love this. My ball pythons aren't very hissy at all but man my little hoggy Armin is a little hissing machine. It always makes me jump because it just comes out of nowhere lol. Then I pick him up and he's like I'm cool, I'm cool.

Oh yes, once I pick my hoggies up the show is 100% over. I've got a video of it. You can see the second he's in my hand he calms right down. The sound quality is a little low so you have to put up the sound to hear him well.

By the way my hognose is named Sir Huffington the First. Heehee.

https://youtu.be/ECGShZ_QoPA

[Albert Clark]

Louie just hissed at me for the first time when I lifted up his hide to give him dinner lol brat!!! I'm like "no silly baby its just me!! Come and get it hot and fresh!!" He must think he's a big tough guy eating rats with fur now! I know I just probably surprised him. Anyone else get an off chance hisser like that before?

Well, I really try to be extra cognizant when I lift a hide off of any of my reptiles bc that is a perfect time to get bit. I have never been bit by any of them but I always use more caution when going into a hide or lifting a hide off the snake. I always look at it as going into a room without knocking, you get what you get. So hissing is a warning that the snake doesn't like what just went down and is telling you to watch out. I would start taking him seriously and start reading his warnings and signals. I really don't look at it as him being a brat. I think he doesn't like being disturbed in his private room. You gotta knock next time Haha. At least be extra careful and do it slowly.