I am certainly no expert, as my earlier post of the same question shows. I have tried leaving my boa alone and it returns to "normal" in a few days. I have also tried handling it anyway. It doesn't seem to matter. Both animals showing this behavior "get over it" in a few days. I was afraid that leaving them alone would encourage the aggresive behavior. They are both male? neonate suri's, 100-200g. Sometimes they settle down when picked up, sometimes I get struck at the whole time. If they do not even out I don't plan to keep them. All of my other neonates and larger boa's have great temperments. Hope this helps. I only got one reply from my post; thanks Rose.

Good luck,
Al

btw - getting bit doesn't hurt, but I do worry about the boa hurting himself on my hand.

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