Not understandin....???

[sweety314]

Leave him for a week. Being a baby is one reason for the hissy-ness, being newly shipped and jostled, new smells and unfamiliar surroundings is another reason for the hiss-and-spit.

Give him a week to settle into his new home. Then for QT purposes, be sure to feed and handle him last.

If the heat and humidity and hides are all good (my baby boas used hides for about 12-18 months) and dead-on, then he should calm down enough to start handling < after he's eating reliably, of course >.

Wrigley was VERY hissy as a baby, Petey wasn't, and Apollo and Pinky were so-so inbetween. Just depends on the baby.

[frankykeno]

Skipping quarantine is a dangerous habit to be getting into this early in your snakekeeping experience. Even though you bought from a highly regarded person, I think Jimi would be the first to tell you that quarantine is just a smart thing to do no matter where you got your snake.

Sounds like you have some areas of concern with how you heat, control the heat and monitor the heat for this snake. Those need addressed quickly so the snake can be housed in the proper way it should be.

As far as "moods"......snakes, while not being able to do higher math, are quite able to take issue with something in their environment - sometimes that something is you. Sometimes it's about them being hungry, or their temps are off, or they are in shed, or interested in breeding and not in being hauled out by a human or stressed or heck, they just felt like it at that moment in time. In other words, snakes are snakes - they sometimes hiss, they sometimes strike, they sometimes are just laid back sweethearts.

Your job is simple really. Provide a proper environment for that specific snake appropriate to its species and size/age. Provide healthy food on a regular basis. Clean its home as needed. Handle in a manner that respects the snake. Pretty simple really.

If the snake is acting out of character, look to your husbandry first. If that's bang on then it's likely something else triggering the snake's need to strike. Eventually experience with that snake will tell you the most likely reason it's acting this way and whether to worry about it or not.

[littleindiangirl]

Curious about this as well....


You have a humdifier to keep the room very humid

You have a humid hide in the enclosures as the only hide

You mist daily


How wet do you have their enclosures?? Boas really only need 60% humidity. Keeping it too wet can have results like an RI, increased bacteria, mold and mildew, not to mention a pissy boa.

[Ballpython2]

Curious about this as well....


You have a humdifier to keep the room very humid

You have a humid hide in the enclosures as the only hide

You mist daily


How wet do you have their enclosures?? Boas really only need 60% humidity. Keeping it too wet can have results like an RI, increased bacteria, mold and mildew, not to mention a pissy boa.

i only mist when they are in shed mode daily (should have been specific). but i do miss daily with the brazilian rainbow boa because it needs the humidity.

and even when i mist their enclosures i wait until they get bone dry, i dont mist them like every hour. it would be every four -6hrs if even then because the water dish keeps it humid.

And there isnt anything in their enclosures what would cause mild dew to grow or mold because i use paper towels with the BCIs.

[littleindiangirl]

i only mist when they are in shed mode daily (should have been specific). but i do miss daily with the brazilian rainbow boa because it needs the humidity.

and even when i mist their enclosures i wait until they get bone dry, i dont mist them like every hour. it would be every four -6hrs if even then because the water dish keeps it humid.

And there isnt anything in their enclosures what would cause mild dew to grow or mold because i use paper towels with the BCIs.

Sounds good then. Just make sure to only leave the humid hide in while they are blue, because it isn't sanitary to leave in otherwise. I would just use a couple of plain hides with them, (although my RTB never uses his).

Have you thought about using cypress mulch at all? Mildew, mold resistant, and it holds humidity very well.