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Help me with this little pet store male....:(
I work at a pet store, and we got two baby BPs in February. One male, one female, from the same clutch. The female had a great appetite, and sweet temperament, and thus sold right away....the male, however did not eat for 6 weeks, despite me trying all kinds of "tricks" to get him to eat. I know he had been eating when we got him, because he was nice and pudgy. I am in charge of the reptile dept at work, and y'all know Im NOT new to BPs! So, after narrowing down what could be the cause, I moved him to the smallest enclosure we had available(which is what hes in now) Its 14x16, with a good tight hide in it, and some other pieces to make it cluttery. Within the first two weeks of moving into the new enclosure, he began to eat! Yay!!! And hes been eating consistently every offering since then. Now, the big problem now is his AGGRESSION. Hes been really snappy ever since we got him in February, and it seems he went from snappy to downright nasty! I know this little guy pretty well now, and it seems like hes aggressive out of fear. Hes afraid of everything. If hes out and about cruising his cage, and you look in or even point at him, hes like zzziiiipp....right in his hide(I didn't know BPs could be that fast! lol). The few times Ive held him to see if he could even calm down after a few minutes, hes done nothing but try and bite me. Yesterday, I went into his enclosure since he was out and about, and he even started wagging his tail and viciously striking at me! Ive NEVER had a BP do that. He tenses up very quickly, and when I do handle him, he either balls up tight and breathes heavily, or tries to bite. Ive already discounted him, but if theres any hope of being sold, theres gotta be an improvement in the attitude dept! Is there any hope for this lil guy? Are there any tricks that I haven't tried yet? Anything Ive missed that could cause his nastiness? Any reccommendations? Housing is fine, temps are fine, verified with temp gun. Humidity may be a little low sometimes, but Idk if that would cause his attitude problem......
ALL THAT SLITHERS - Ball Python aficionado/keeper
breeder of African soft fur Rats. Keeper of other small exotic mammals.
10 sugar gliders
2 tenrecs
5 jumping spiders
paludarium with fish
Brisingr the albino
Snowy the BEL
Piglet the albino conda hognose
FINALLY got my BEL,no longer breeding snakes. married to mechnut450..
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