Yup- make sure it has plenty of places to hide to feel safe/comfortable.



Snakes, especially pits, will stress out big time if they don't have someplace (or several) they can completely hide.



What works great for all of mine is old cereal boxes, mac & cheese boxes, rice a roni, etc. (depending on the size of the snake) The other great benefit is that if/when they take a dump in their hide, just chuck it and put a new one in. (no cleaning)



Then, when I go in to take them out, I just pick the box up and pour them out into my hands. I've never had a single incident with any of them going devil-spawn on me using that method.



However, I've got 2-3 that will do exactly what yours does if they see 'the big hand' coming in to pick them up! It's definitely intimidating, (it's meant to be!) especially with the larger ones!



Two of mine are ALL business, and will put all sorts of holes in your hands, while the others that exhibit the classic pit behavior are all 100% bluff, but definitely put on a show!



People, including me, LOVE this genus because of this behavior! There's nothing like pulling up on a MONSTER bull in the wild full of attitude!!!







//Todd



P.S. Where do you live? I'm in Austin, TX and would be happy to help out if you're near by...

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