Spicy little Ball...

[ApathyAngel]

Mine is super bitey, too. I got her as a rescue and she was in rough shape, so I figured she'd calm down as she got healthier.

That was... 6 years ago, I think? And she never calmed down. But now it's part of her charm. She's a fiesty, grumpy lady.

But it hasn't been an issue. I tap her before reaching into the tank, and she hisses like mad for the first couple of minutes, but then she calms down. I've worked with her a lot, and now she tolerates kisses from my 9yo daughter on the top of her head.

She's really mellow, as long as there's no food around and I've spent a couple of minutes just helping her relax and reminding her that no one is gonna eat her. As long as I tap her and go slow those first couple of minutes, she's completely fine.

Any time she smells food, though, all bets are off. Her feeding response puts my retic to shame (though part of that is that she was severely malnourished and underfed for the first two years of her life, so that's just a quirk she has).

I mean, I've been working on revamping her tank, and today her temp/humidity gauge fell off. But today is feeding day, and she knows it. Literally the second I opened her door, she was up and ready to strike.



And she's like 4 feet long, almost as thick around as my wrist. I don't feel like trying to pry her off me.

So today it's just gonna sit there, and I'll get it after she's done eating.

So even if yours never grows out of his bitey phase (they do typically calm down as they grow, babies tend to be way more neurotic than adults), it's still super manageable, with just a little bit of work.

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