When I got my BP the previous owner made a comment about being careful when feeding him. I didn't understand this at all until yesterday. I've had the snake for maybe two months and he is eating great. But he always seems hungry. I'm feeding him over double what the previous owner was feeding him but he still has his head out his hide at night, seemingly looking for food.

Point of my post is that he had never struck at anything other than a rat and he has only struck a rat after investigating for a few moments. Now that he has learned the regimen (night light comes on, I open his enclosure, in comes rat) he will sit there with his face right at the opening when it is near feeding time. I can walk all around in front of his enclosure and he will stay out in the open waiting for me to open the door and present him food.

Last night I open his enclosure and out he comes, striking. It was crazy. Scared the mess out of me. I couldn't get him back in without risking being bit so I put the rat in front of his nose and he got it and constricted, hanging out the enclosure.

So I went from having absolutely no fear of opening the enclosure and picking up the snake to being absolutely certain he is going to attempt to bite me if I put my hand anywhere near the opening.

Thoughts/suggestions? I love that he is so eager to eat but this seems a little overkill.

BTW, he was 350g when I got him, and is probably at least 450 now. He has bulked up a LOT. Previous owner was feeding him 1 pup every 5 days. I'm feeding 2 pups every 6 days.