Ok so I was at the pet store today buying some mice for my bp's and (like eveyone else) looked at all the snakes. The first one that I stopped to look at was a 2'-3' boa, he was active and watching me so I moved my finger along the front of the tank and the next thing I know my heart skips a beat as his head slams into the glass! Talking to the people that work there it's been the friendliest snake up until 2 days ago, if someone wanted to hold a snake they'd either take him or the ball python out. Now he strikes at anything that comes within 6" of the tank, and is constantly coiled and ready to strike.

He's in a 25"x14" aquarium, bark mulch type substrate, water dish, heat lamp, no hide. I told the put him in a dark low traffic area cause he's probably stressed, or put a hide in/cover the tank where it is.

Did he just get stressed cause there's no where to hide? every other snake(except 6 or so big ones) have hides in their tanks.

I'm curious cause it sounds like they'll buy some baby balls from me if the 2 new girls I'm getting lay, so I might ask to do a trade for him, but I'm worried about that if he stays this agressive...

Any ideas would be great, thanks.