Hi Marie, I got a call from my nephew claimed he had the snake from h*ll, and could not find a new home for him. His complaint was that the snake would strike the glass when he walked by, and he had been bit about a dozen times in the year that he had him.



I took the Boa off his hands and I happened to have an open cage that was in our small spare bedroom that was inside a closet. I placed him in the cage and closed the door and left him in there for a couple of days. When I took him out he was the gentlest snake I had, and still is to this day. He is my go to snake now when someone is over and just has to try and hold a snake for the first time.



I found out later that my nephew had him in a glass aquarium where there is occasional traffic. This seemed to have him so stressed that he was constantly on the defense. So I agree with what was mentioned in the prior responses. My nephews Boa was like two different snakes, one when he felt vulnerable and exposed, the other when he helt completely hid and safe.

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