Wow, thanks for all the replies! It also makes me feel better to know that there are some BP owners who feed their BP in their enclosures, because one of my relatives said that it's an absolute no-no and that they can get pretty hostile because of it. The last thing I want is a hostile BP.
I would almost say the complete oppostie. I will give you a little scenario from one of my previous posts:

Scenario time:
You are about to feed your ball python in its enclosure.
Step one: Prepare the food, pre-scent if it is live, thaw if it is F/T
Step two: Place feeder in tank with ball python. Use tongs or drop the live feeder in.
Step three: Watch ball python eat
Step four: Leave ball python alone for 2 days so it can digest.

Where in this process does it say "wave your hands around in front of the snake when the food is nearby". It doesn't. That is because your hand should have NOTHING to do with the feeding process. You are not a mouse, you do not smell or look like a mouse, so why would your ball python associate you with a mouse?

Now lets look at feeding OUTSIDE the home enclosure.
Step one: Pick up your ball python and place it in a separate container.
Step two: Prepare the food, pre-scent if it is live, thaw if it is F/T
Step three: Place feeder in the feeding enclosure with the snake. Use tongs or drop the live feeder in.
Step three: Watch ball python eat
Step four: Pick up ball python and move back to home enclosure
Step five: Leave ball python alone for 2 days so it can digest.

Now which one sounds more risky when it comes to "associating" feeding with your hands. The separate enclosure. Especially if you aren't feeding your snake enough. If you have handled a rodent and forget to wash your hands, you smell like a rodent. You go in there to move your ball python back to its home enclosure and WHAM, he thinks you are another mouse for him to eat for dinner.


We feed our BP namely once a week. He shouldn't be hungry because we fed him a mouse yesterday, and the thing is we used to feed him two mice in a single sitting, but we've quit that since apparently feeding them mice back to back isn't good for the snake's healthy and longevity?
Well, depending on the size of your bp, one mouse might not be enough. There is nothing wrong with feeding multiple prey items in one sitting. I do it every week. Do you know the weight of your snake? It could be time to move up to rats.
If it's a matter of being hungry, we're going to feed him more today and see what happens. I guess if its not feeding them within the enclosure, I'm not sure then what's making him so moody lately. Everything (humidity, heating pad, water, etc.) is all good and he's got a quiet, dark place to recoil in. Doesn't seem like there's any health related issues going on either.
I wouldn't recommend feeding the snake the day after, just wait until next week and try to feed him a little more.
You say your husbandry is all good, but can you describe it for us, or take a picture? What are his hides like? What kind of thermometers are you using?

But thanks for the help everyone! I'll keep to socializing with him daily to see if any changes come up!
Give him some time to cool down before you try handling him, he could just be having a bad day.


There are many other reasons for a snake to become aggressive. I do not believe feeding in the home enclosure is one of them though.