hissing

[bloodbeard]

i was looking at a burmese (female, 7 month old) and when first taken out of its vivarium it was hissing quite a lot, the man whos python it was said that it was not unusial for a burmese to do this. even thought it was hissing it was still being handled abolutley fine, and dident even object to being heald around the neck and near the head. what im really wondering is does this suggest a bad temperment or is it common? also is it likley to grow out of this trick, in a similar way royal pythons grow out of balling with the more handling they have.

bloodbeard

[Davey312]

burms are usually a little more nippy or deffnesive when they are young.. usually just because they're small.. most of then grow out of it. with handling and as they mature and get larger as well.

Davey

[BOA68]

I agree with davey. And also the guy who owns the snake might not handle it a lot either so that would acount for the snakes aggitation when he took it out to show you. With regular handling you shouldnt have a problem with it.

[Ryan Pye]

My one was an aweful "Hisser" and she was a year when I got her, it took about a month of handling about 3-4 times a week, before she calmed.

Ryan

[T.O-SK8TER]

My 13 foot burm hisses all the time, even while im handling him but he is not defensive one bit, he was when he was younger but not in the past year. I love working with him, he is extremely easy to get him out of his enclosure, handle, and he actually will slither back into his cage when I put him near it! I kinda like how vocal mine is it adds character too him, lol!

[kevyn]

All my Burms are hissy. I've got a female that sounds like a Gaboon Viper. There not aggressive at all, but just hissy. It seems to be a Burm trait.

[D J N]

Most snakes will hiss to tell ya they don't wanna be played with but it's just like them complaining. My afrock and burm do it all the time when they just wanna be left alone but they never strike if I pick them up.