Quote Originally Posted by mckittie View Post
Just got a baby ball python today and he was curled up into a ball for a long time but then came out and started slithering around his tank and seemed to get more comfortable. Then pretty much every time I open his or her cage they strike at me very hard. I move my hand because of course I do not want to get bit.

My snake seemed so friendly at first now I'm considering returning it.

Any help?


Thank you
-Smiles.- I just picked up an 08 het. albino female from Adam Wysocki(8BallPythons). I was terribly impatient, and I opened her box just to see her. She struck at me right out of the box, but you know what? After coming home, getting used to her enclosure for a couple weeks, feeding three times already(I've had her three weeks), and shedding, she's been really great for me. She's almost cuddly like my big female. You've just got to give your snake the time to calm down, get used to their environment, and generally chill from the stressful move.

Do you have pictures of your enclosure? Temps? Humidity? Pictures of the snake(if possible), where you got him/her from? We want to help. You've just got to give us more information.