Hey everyone, I've had my ball python for about 8 months. For the past three months or so i've been dealing with aggression. I find whenever i go to pick him up when he is already out of one of his hides, he goes into what i call "strike mode" and tries to bite me. But whenever i pick him up when he is hiding in one of his hide's fine i can pick him up no problems whatsoever. I don't think it's a hunger issue; I'm feeding him an adult mouse once a week, but every time i go to pick him up to put him in his feeding tank he strikes at me, so i've been feeding him in his tank. Which i've heard isn't a good idea.

Thoughts and ideas???