Hello! We've had one of our male ball pythons for about 6 years (he's around nine), always in the same rack system, no changes. He's always been really easy going and actually the one we use in educational shows for folks to touch.
Picking him up out of the tub 2 nights ago he hissed every time (3 times) we touched him. Finally threw a towel over him to get him out and check him over. He acted normally once he picked him up. He seemed fine, except in shed, but he's been out of his tub before briefly while in shed many times for cleanings.
The only two things I could think of were, first, we usually don't get them out in the evening. The second is there was a storm coming in I was unaware of, but thunder cracked loudly shortly after we got him out.
Edit - just thought of something else - here in Michigan we were having a heatwave, probably mid 90's in here with no air-conditioning.
Could this just be a fluke thing or since it's so out of his normal behaviour should I be concerned for him healthwise? Thanks for reading this, and any advice.
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