Quote Originally Posted by iluvboas17 View Post
just make sure you have a separate container for when you feed your boa, if you feed it in its cage all the time, it will think every time you open its cage, its gonna be fed, thus it will be alot more likely to strike.

I feed all my snakes in their cages and have never had a problem when I want to take them out. As long as you don't smell like a rat when you open the cage there should be no problem. I water my snakes every 2 days and have to open the cages and they have never struck at me when I do that. Most of the time they are sleeping anyways.

As far as mean boas, my 8 ft. rescue RTB was mean when I first got her, she would always strike at the cage when anyone got close. I think proper care and treatment calmed her down tremendously. Now I can take her out without worrying about being bitten.