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There may be something to the heat wave theory. I saw a breeder on FB talking about how a few of his snakes have been amped up and snappy lately. My female bull has been pretty hissy the last few days too. I had already turned her heat mat down but she's still acting way out of character. She's the only one out of my 11 snakes though. All the others have been fine.

Even in a controlled environment with AC, I'm convinced snakes can tell the difference. In the winter, believe it of not, our basement tends to be warmer because we are running the furnace. The summer tends to be a split of AC or open windows depending on the heat and humidity outside.

My other snakes have increased their activity levels a bit and my boa did participate with his own lunging act, however it was nothing like Wallace's overzealous behavior.

I do adjust cage temps and daylight hours based on the season. Sometimes the season doubles down though.

I'm finding this thread very interesting because many of you have stated your animals have behaved differently as well.

A large part of the nation recently dealt with a heat wave, and the tropical storm season has already visited.

I'm still not ready to go hands on yet with Wallace. I'll give him 3 days from his last meal before I make a move.

He's at least back to being able to figure out the tap training again. I open the cage 3-4 times a day to tap him back into reality in an attempt to establish a pattern he can get used to following again