Good News and Bad News

[davwtram]

Hey you guys, I don't know i you remmeber me posting up a thread a while ago about my snake not pooping for a long time. Well, my BB finally pooped today and it was a lot of poop. He also just sheeded and im excited about that becuase it's the first time he sheeded when i had him.

[JLC]

Hehe....sounds like all good news to me!

[Nate]

yes yes good news indeed.

[davwtram]

Im sorry, i accidently enter the post. Well anyways, i was handling him for about 15 mins becuase of my excitment of him sheeding and when i put him back into the cage, he looked really defensive. I was a little weirded out about but i continued to collect the sheed to clean up my tank. When i was collecting the sheed he snaped but not towards me. So i did something stupid and fling my hands towards him and he snaped at me. I was like ok? So i threw a peice of my Aspen at him and he snaped at that too. I dont know what's causing his behavor.

[davwtram]

I think what's causing is behavor is becuase of the shed. When i first got him his eyes were capped with his shed that he still had from the previous shed. So im assuming he didnt see very well. He was great he never snaped at me or moved around as much as he does now. He seemed really mellow when i first had him.

[ddbjdealer]

So i threw a peice of my Aspen at him and he snaped at that too.

Interesting approach.....:eek:

I dont know what's causing his behavor.

For the life of me, I can't figure that out either!

.... try throwing a piece of substrate at ME and see what happens!

[davwtram]

I am so scared of him now. He always looks really nervous and ready to attack. I dont know what it is. I handled him everyday from the day i got him.

[rabernet]

I am so scared of him now. He always looks really nervous and ready to attack. I dont know what it is. I handled him everyday from the day i got him.

So you didn't give him a week to settle in (aka acclimate)? No wonder he's pissy!

[MontyNSpike]

How bout trying NOT throwing something at your snake when it strikes at you? And what's this "sheed" stuff you speak of ?


Try leaving him alone i.e. don't touch or look or make any movements towards his cage for a week or so and then slowly start making your presence known.

[djslurp1200]

So i did something stupid and fling my hands towards him and he snaped at me. I was like ok? So i threw a peice of my Aspen at him and he snaped at that too.

Giving him a week for acclimation would definitely help but flinging anything wouldn't.