I have a 3 month old c.b. boa that I have had for about 2 months. It has eaten 6 times, drinks, poops, and its setup is in a sweater box with paper towels, water dish, heat tape, etc. so it seems to be healthy in that sense. My problem is that it is SUPER AGGRESIVE!!!
Everytime I open the lid it starts hissing and sometimes attempts to strike. I have heard to try and pick it up with a snake stick and then set it in your palm but it wont even let the snake stick come near it. (I am not trying to overly stress it out and try this only like once a week) They say to hold it regularly so that it will calm down but it wont even let me do that. The weird thing about this is that when I first got it, I could hold it with no problem. Then I guess when it got used to its setup it decided to get mean lol.
Any suggestions? I want to be able to hold it because my intentions of it was to have it as a pet. I mean I definitely dont want a 8 foot snake trying to take my head off later on. Any input would be greatly appreciated!

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