About a year ago I had an 8ft female that was as gentle as could be all the time except for when I took her outside. Every time I took her out and let her crawl around she would go nuts and strike and hiss when I tried to grab her to bring her back in. Once she was back in the house or just in my hands she was back to her gentle self. I came up with the conclusion that she must have thought she was in the wild and I was trying to capture her and her natural instinct just kicked in. It may sound crazy but she was my only snake that did this and she did it every time.

Marcus

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• Boa outside, really need help - laurarfl, Sun Jul 1 09:00:53 2007
• RE: Boa outside, really need help - Ophidia_Junkie, Sun Jul 1 12:12:26 2007
• RE: Boa outside, really need help - amarilrose, Sun Jul 1 12:25:53 2007
• Thanks, and some answers - laurarfl, Sun Jul 1 13:06:29 2007
• more on handling - amarilrose, Sun Jul 1 14:43:09 2007
• RE: Boa outside, really need help - TnK, Sun Jul 1 20:40:32 2007
• RE: Boa outside, really need help - shot, Sun Jul 1 21:19:12 2007