Adult ball python suddenly hissing

[Bogertophis]

Thank you guys - luckily the heat has broken here and the house is in the mid eighties now. I'm going to pay more attention to the heat in the snake room from now on - it's in the basement so a couple degrees lower than the house temps, so was probably low nineties last week. I have a thermostat on the rack to be sure it stays warm enough in the winter, but guess I need find a way to bring temps down on unusually hot days. Thanks so much for your imput!

If your "snake room" is staying 88* or above, I'd turn off their supplemental heat (of whatever kind you're using) for sure.

Over heating a snake can make them cranky, sure, but can also cause neurological damage (permanently) or even death.

If nothing else, put a big closed container (like a capped plastic jug- for safety in case your snake knocks it over) of cold water in the cage to bring down the temps.

[dr del]

Hi,

Also the fact he is in shed and cannot see as well as normal may make him defensive - hissing would be fairly normal at that point.

I'm glad the temps broke though.