Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
A photo and weight+length details might help: sometimes snakes that are "aggressive" are hungry! And sometimes with good reason!

What are you feeding her? if she's being under-fed unintentionally, that could cause this behavior. If she's eating prey of the proper size and frequency,
something else might be going on. Snakes digest faster when they are kept warmer...what are the cage temps? They also digest very fast if they are
"sharing" their food with internal parasites....have you taken a food sample to the vet to check for intestinal worms?

Snakes may also be "cranky" if they are in pain or other discomfort, or if other things in their environment are causing stress (kids? other pets? vibrations from
loud music or new roof being installed, for examples) Many snakes are called "aggressive" when in reality, they are "defensive"- anyone teasing her, scaring her?

New cages are stressful (scary) to snakes also...they feel threatened by changes & need patience. But she mostly sounds hungry to me.
I haven't weighed or measured her in a while. Her last shed was about 4 feet long, but I know that skins are usually longer than the actual snake itself. I feed her live adult mice. I haven't upgraded to anything bigger because I know live rats can be dangerous, but she refuses to eat frozen-thawed now (she used to eat it, though).
Her tank is kept around 80 degrees. And no, I haven't taken any samples to a vet.
Nobody ever interacts with her or her living space but me. Our dog isn't even allowed in the same room as her. The room has a wall made mostly of windows, so I suppose she could probably hear whenever something loud is going on outside, but we live in a very quiet area.
Thank you for your reply and suggestions. It's highly appreciated.