Help! My ball python is unusually aggressive!

[alyssasimons]

Thanks! I will get him a better hide and try to black out the sides. My turtle tank is right next to his, so he might be a little freaked out by her swimming around next him?

[zina10]

Thanks! I will get him a better hide and try to black out the sides. My turtle tank is right next to his, so he might be a little freaked out by her swimming around next him?

Yes..Black out sides and back. 2 good hides. You can even cover most of the top. Leaving space for air and heat lamp of course.

Privacy and safety are very important to a BP. Right after correct Temps and humidity.

Try all that and bump up food. Handle gently but deliberately a couple of days after eating, but wait with handling until he has settled some after all the changes.

Keep handling short and sweet. Seems like there were a lot of things going on between wrong Temps, getting out...changes in setup.

Get it all right, give time to settle, feed well and then continue handling.


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[djansen]

Just make sure he has adequate hides, temps, humidity, fresh water, and food. Aside from that not much else you can do. They are living animals and will not be the same all the time. As long as he is not overly stressed out from too much handling he should be fine. Most snakes and especially ball pythons can be "huffy" when you go to pick them up but usually calm down once you pick them up. Just be confident and don't make it worse by being hesitant when you go to pick him up. hopefully he calms down soon for you.