yeah he hisses loud and mean lol but always quits once i actually have him out of the tank. im just surprised at how friendly he was during his shed, ive heard a lot of bad things about snakes in shed lol. ive been nervous and anticipating a shed cuz im already scared of snakes and if he had gone into shed and been mean would have confirmed my theory on snakes lol but then ir ealized he had been in shed and was a sweetie and i realized i should calm down since hes never given me a reason not to trust him lol. hes a good snake dunno why someone would have thrown him out with the trash???