Usually this type of behavior will be associated with another smell on you that the snake may find threatening or percieved as a possible threat. Do you handle any other snakes before handling her? If so, try handling her first. Also, very important,... they don't have really good eyesight and can't usually identify you when they see you. The best way to identify yourself to them is to let their tongue hit your skin. Perhaps if she knows it's you before you attempt to pick her up she won't be deffensive. As a general precaution against serious mishap I always do this with every snake I work with/around each and every day. Once there is no mystery as to who and what I am they seem to calm dramatically.







>>Lately my burm has been a little cranky.

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>>She is about 9 months old. I think she is going to shed soon, but hasn't gotten cloudy eyed yet. I keep her on a maintenence diet. I feed her every 6 days a large/medium rat.

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>>When I take her out of her cage to play with her, she gets all huffy and hissy at me. She jerks her body to get away from me, but once I get her out, she is fine, and tries to find her way back into her cage. how weird

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>>Am I alone with this kind of thing? Whats the deal with her?

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>>Richard
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