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well normally this lil guy is great temper but once about 2 months ago went psycho for no reason throwing himself hissing everythign like crazy well today he did the same out of no where in the pic he is not touching the back of the tub but in fact up like a rattler would be and his tail was going crazy also he did however just shed last night but this just happened and i have taken out sheds form him before only a hour after he shed and nothing any ideas why the random attitude?
sorry for the crummy pic but he was goin crazy and just wanted to get him back and chill out

Well I don't know what caused it but my corn snake used to do the same thing. He was a very well tempered snake but sometimes he would get real defensive for no reason. He would rattle his tail against things and act very out of character. Like i said I'm not sure what caused it and it was only random times. I just chalked it up to snake mood swings, if there is such a thing Fortunately after being picked up he always settled back down and went back to his normal easy going self.

Thinking back on it now though it did always seem to happen after a shed. Maybe he was still just stressed from the ordeal of tearing his own flesh off? Who knows, too bad they can't talk to tell us.
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Thank you,

Tim

0.1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Black cat

let him just bite your a-- and learn that you ain't going away no matter what kind of attitude he has. Go teach him a lesson right now Timmay. I would pick him up about 3-4 times a day for a few minutes with no movement around you at first and not trying to transfer hands with him either just letting him settle in on you so to speak. But don't put him back up and five minutes later go get him again which I know you wouldn't do but maybe wait like an hour or so but beware of the consequences

lol Tim cuz it might get erased lol again for that
Bob

lol i dont know where the name came from lol but yeah i would wrather not take the bite lol i do with the snakes that are grumpy but with the normaly tame one that didnt bite me and i wasnt holding he stayed in the tub no he gets to go back lol but if i was holding him and he got me yeah he would of had to stay out and hang out with me lol. his punk butt is coming out tomorrow and im takin pics of him and holding him lol maybe hes hungry lol i have been trying to ween so to say my males from every week feeding to every other week but i still fed him this past feeding but a left over from one of the small guys who didnt take. who knows all my snakes are just like me messed up in the head

Sankes are sensitive after they shed. On TV there was a show on two people (both expert snake handlers) bit by Cobra's and both snakes had just shed.

I find my BRB's to be very tempermental while digesting their food. They also like to strike when in shed and they can not see.

Also, Mickey bit me for the first time a couple of weeks ago while I was trying to get his picture just after he shed - I knew he was grumpy and since he had always been so docile I probably pushed to much trying to get a picture.

Kepp track and it will be interesting to see if his temper is only just after shed.
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Mike

6.7 BRB
1.2 Spotted Python
1.0 Cal. King

i have taken shed out of his cage before like a hour after he was done and no problems and most my snakes if i catch them in shed or right there after i wait a few hours cause they have a tude problem but just budy nudges huff and puff but nothing serious but i still let them be this guy went psycho on me lol but i will deff see how he is next time he sheds

after my poor baby yakko died of IBD I get totally suspicious every time a snake is acting dramatically weird. Have you completely discounted the possibility of mental diseases, IBD, etc...

>>well normally this lil guy is great temper but once about 2 months ago went psycho for no reason throwing himself hissing everythign like crazy well today he did the same out of no where in the pic he is not touching the back of the tub but in fact up like a rattler would be and his tail was going crazy also he did however just shed last night but this just happened and i have taken out sheds form him before only a hour after he shed and nothing any ideas why the random attitude?
>>sorry for the crummy pic but he was goin crazy and just wanted to get him back and chill out
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-Jasmine

1.4 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
1.0 Peruvian Rainbow Boa

i have had him for geesh he was a X-mas present back in november i think from jeremy stone well from my girl friend but came from jeremy stone lol and besides the one other time of acting psycho there has been nothign else only mental problems i think he has is me as a owner and its wearing off on him lol. and only new snakes i have got have been born here or went thru a 4 month quarentine and came from a good place so i doubt he has anything wrong with him besides crazy lol i could be wrong tho and i hope im not