So, I went to Idaho and happened to stumble upon an adult fire fly who was in need of a new home. I handled it at the owners house and the snake was very calm and gentle. I decided to give the guy the $100 and take it off of his hands.

Pretty sure its a female. When I popped it two pointy things came out from the side but they were very short and no purple at all. I have a vet coming over in a couple weeks to confirm this for me and give all 10 of my noodles a good once over.

I've had it home for a week now, but the snake has taken a turn for having the desire to eat my face. Hasn't actually got me yet but have had 2 close calls.

Here is what I think....

They had this snake in a 150 gallon glass tank with nothing but cocoa husk and a cardboard box as a hide. From my years having snakes I have found that smaller enclosures and smaller hides tend to keep them in a better mood. So, when I set up my enclosures I tend to just use 32qt sterilite tubs for lager pythons with a medium reptile basic hide. This is what I put her in.

We had to travel 5 hours to get home. I have heated seats so I covered her with a blanket inside a sterilite tub.

The first full day home she took a 500g frozen/thawed rat. The previous owner told me she wouldn't eat frozen and he had never fed her anything but live. I don't like feeding live except to my hatchlings. Day 2 I let her rest and didn't touch her at all. Day 3 hit and she took a shot at my face. So I Just let her be for the rest of the day. I let her rest for a couple more days. A couple nights ago I lifted her lid and again straight at me. I didn't even reach in to get her out.

The guy also told me that he took her out of her enclosure to feed her. I know there's debate about this but i do the same thing been doing it for many years and have never had a problem with it. I called the guy to see what he was using as her feeding tub and guess what.... He used a 32qt sterilite tub. Huge face palm.....

Could she be in constant feed mode now? Today I wanted to feed her again so I put on my crocodile hunter game face on and pulled her out. No issues but her feed tub was beside her enclosure and it wasn't like I had to move her far. I had the rat ready to go and she knew what time it was. As soon as the rat breached the wall of her tub she had that rat. Shes feeding very violently and aggressively. Kind of like my hatchlings when they get a live hopper. After she ate I put her in her tub. I always let them crawl in there hides through my hands so level with there sub straight.

The thing is she went in her first half calm and easy. Halfway in she bolted like mad like something had spooked her.

Sorry for the book but what advise do you all have to help me get her back to normal?

Should I put he back into a glass tank?
Should I just leave her be for a week or 2?
Should I feed her closer together rather than every 5-7 days?
Would it be best to just feed her in her enclosure?

I'm dumb founded I've never had a Ball Python with this sort of aggression.