Quote Originally Posted by don15681 View Post
I agree with most of what you posted here and many of your other posts except for the cage aggression, you just haven't seen it yet. I have rack systems for my ball pythons and I still feed in their tubs that they are housed in. But I have 2 normal females that when I slide the tubs open, I use a snake hook and pull the tub forward with it. Because they will come out of their tubs about 2 feet mouth wide open head going side to side looking for food. After this happens and it's not feeding time, I can hook the snake, reach in and get her out, not a problem. Once she's out of her tub no more aggression. You wouldn't think they are the same snakes as the handle without any problems. If I would feed these 2 out of their tubs, it still might happen. I can have a hotdog in the tongs and these 2 would hit it. I wish all my females had feeding responses like these two. feed in their tubs, but know your snakes!
Mine is always aggressive the first time I handle him after a feeding. Once I'm able to just touch him the aggression goes away as quickly as it started. It's pretty amusing actually to open up my tub the first time after a feeding, which is usually a few days later. He looks like a cobra the way he pops his head up and sticks part of his body out of the tub. All I have to do is distract him a little with something so I can touch him somewhere on his body. Once I do that, the aggression goes away and he knows it's handling time and not feeding time.