Snake Hissing..

[viper8940]

My snakes been hissing at me for the past couple days everytime i try to take him out of his tank. Not sure why.. I know hes not going into shed cuz he just got out of shed 2-3 weeks ago. Awsome shed all in one piece. He has been acting a little funny. Like he will keep his body in his hide but take his head out and rest it on a log in the middle of the tank. He does this alot like sometimes all day unless suprised. Hes also been very quick to pull back into the hide. He seems stressed but im not sure from what. He also has not eaten in a little over a month but i think its semi-normal for this season. He has not been very active at night either past couple nights when i wake up hes been in his hide.

Tank info. 40gal. 2 hides same hot side hide is 88-92 cold side hide 78-81. Ambient air temp 80-83. humidity 40-60% water bowl in middle. temp controler for the UTH and a dimmer on my fluckers lamp with a red night bulb. Substrate is just paper towels because he was having a mite problem a week ago but seems controled now.

Thank you in advance.

[Skittles1101]

Some of mine hiss at me all the time, they are usually more bark than bite

[travisgoldkuhl]

I'm going to say maybe he is stressed out from the mites and treatment? Some seem to get stressed out over EVERYTHING and some dont care lol. Just let him be and make sure he doesnt start getting skinny or anything

[pigfat]

Some of mine hiss at me all the time, they are usually more bark than bite

Usually lol.

[Skittles1101]

Usually lol.

LoL I cannot emphasize usually enough, my OG male is a jerk

[dragonboy4578]

LoL I cannot emphasize usually enough, my OG male is a jerk

He's not a jerk. The poor guy is just misunderstood.....lol

[Skittles1101]

Yes, I misunderstood that he hates me and doesn't care if I'm just changing his water bowl for him lol I love him to bits either way

[ktint]

2 king snakes, 2 ball pythons and a boa, none of them hiss me so far. One king snake just strike without hissing. Practically, I have never heard of my own snake hissing. Sometimes I want to know how its feel like... LOL

[pigfat]

Yes, I misunderstood that he hates me and doesn't care if I'm just changing his water bowl for him :

Mine does the same thing! As soon as I pull his drawer out hes crawling out ready to defend his water bowl haha.

[blueberrypancakes]

Mine just hissed at me for the first time this morning! All I was doing was checking his temps, and I scooted his butt to move his hide, and he hissed twice. I was so surprised, he's usually a little skiddish but generally pretty chill. He also hasn't eaten in over a month, and had mites and treatment recently. So yours sounds exactly like mine. Except that mine does have pink belly, so I'm expecting a shed soonish.