New Nippy Snake.. was a gift for my brother.. what to do?

[Evenstar]

Gotta let the snake acclimate. Anytime you get any new snake, they need time to get use to the changes. Not only did you buy the snake from another person but that person brought the snake in a vehicle to a show. At the show, the temps are not spot on. Then the snake get handled more frequently because people want to see it. After that, you buy it and bring it into the hotel, which once again, temps are not spot on. Once you finally get the poor fellow home, the stress level in the snake is so high that the snake doesn't even know what to do. I never handle new snakes right away. I always wait until after the first successful feeding before handling snakes and sometimes even longer than that. The older it is, the longer it might take to acclimate.

I, also, bought BP's at that show and when I got them home, one balled up and hid while the other spent the whole night trying to get out of its cage while hyperventilating. No striking but you could tell the poor guy was way too stressed out. I ended up covering the cage with a blanket and everything.

Give it time to get use to everything and I am sure it will calm down.

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yeah i mean i am not handling him more than once a day.. i jsut dont have much time to waste on this one haha and i ended up getting 6 snakes at MB and they are all fine i can handle no problem. idk he is just exceptionally pissy

You shouldn't be handling him at ALL for the first week or so. Give him time and be patient with the handling. Leave him alone. He'll be fine. A month from now, he'll be a different snake. Just give him time. Once he's had at least a week to settle in, you can start training him (or your brother can) like Redneck_Crew suggested.