Quote Originally Posted by cchardwick View Post
That's really interesting. I had just the opposite experience, when I moved them to a rack system they all mellowed out. What kind of rack is it? Are the tubs solid or clear? I have an ARS rack with solid grey tubs, I've seen people have success with the clear tubs but I would think that would stress out the snakes. Is your rack system stable, does it move around at all? The rack I have weighs several hundred pounds and is as solid as a brick. Maybe a wobbly rack system would do that? Does it have any weird smells? I don't use any hides at all, but I do know that when my snakes are under a hide and I take it off of them real quick sometimes they freak out and get very aggressive.

I would try taking out all of the hides (as long as you don't have clear tubs). I usually slide open my tubs and if I see my snakes all balled up with their head buried I don't mess with them. If they pop their head out and look like they want to explore I take them out. Now I don't use any hides at all, I just use the built in water dish system with Dixie cups, nothing else. I even have very small hatchlings in big 70 series tubs, they just ball up in the back and are perfectly happy and have been eating twice a week. Sorry to hear about your aggression, there's nothing worse than an unhappy snake.


Thank you for all of the tips! Ill try them out and let you know how it goes. My tubs are almost clear, but have a tiny bit of a "foggy" or translucent-esque effect to them. It is very stable, i can walk around and even bump into it without having any movement. The only weird smells I could think of would be my geckos, but my snakes were acting this way before i got the geckos. Usually my snakes look all antsy and ready to explore, until i go to pick them up or let them out, at which is the point where they either frantically try to get away, or hiss and bite. I used to be able to handle them perfectly fine, im not sure what happened.