Aggressive/dominant baby bp

[Orange531]

Are you feeding a rat fuzzy or a mouse fuzzy? A mouse fuzzy is too small a meal, they normally start on hoppers when they hatch. Your baby may just be very hungry.

A mouse fuzzy. Thats the kind I was recommended when I bought him and I still have some left. Would a rat pup be better to feed since he's about 3 months old? (Don't know how many grams he is)

[Bogertophis]

And as bcr229 said, this might just be hunger! Doesn't matter if you're a snake or a human, hunger makes us all cranky.

[Bogertophis]

A mouse fuzzy. Thats the kind I was recommended when I bought him and I still have some left. Would a rat pup be better to feed since he's about 3 months old? (Don't know how many grams he is)

No wonder he's got attitude. FEED him more food, either mouse hoppers or rat fuzzies (pups), or at least several fuzzies at a time to use them up.

[Orange531]

No wonder he's got attitude. FEED him more food, either mouse hoppers or rat fuzzies (pups), or at least several fuzzies at a time to use them up.

Thank you, hopefully this fixes the problem.

[Bogertophis]

I hope so too...but let us know, ok?

[Orange531]

UPDATE..

Ok guys.. i now know why my ball python had an attitude. I fed a rat fuzzy on May 31st and June 4th (i wanted to try 5 days instead of 7 since he is still a juvenile). Since its been 48 hours i wanted to try the pillow case thing so he could start to trust me more. I go to check on him and he is shedding which explains why he has been so defensive. There were no signs of shed before (other than him hiding at night) so i'm a little surprised.

[Bogertophis]

You'll get better at reading the signs of impending sheds...snakes know before it's obvious to us.

[303_enfield]

Read this feeding guide it is helpful:

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...=feeding+guide


Good luck!