So i came here back in april/mayish to get some info about owning ball pythons. I have two now and they've been just great.... until....

recently the big one (maubi) has been acting weird... when i was feeding him... he struck at me instead of the mouse in his cage... i wrote that off as a mistake and didn't worry about it. Although i was more cautious when feeding. Then last night i woke up to find him out of his cage (he's done this before when i forgot to put a book on top of his cage) but instead of just trying to get away when i went to put him back in, he actually struck at me! i flipped out... i didnt want to get bit or anything :/ it could have been a number of things. One: i was wearing a big glove out of nervousness, i didnt want him to strike my bare hand.... but ive worn it before and had no problem. maybe the glove freaked him out?? Two: ive heard of snakes snapping when they were still hungry... but i had just fed him... like a few hours before. did i not feed him enough maybe? when i finally got him back in he patrolled the cage for hours... so that is my number one guess why he's been acting wierd..

Let me go ahead and ask, when i bought him from the owner, she said she fed him once every two weeks.. is that right? or is that not enough?

does anyone have any other reasons hes been snapping? Up until these last couple weeks he was SOO tame... like crazy tame. its wierd.

Thanks