Aggressive Hog Island Boa

[Wildernessmedic]

The first week I brought home my pair of BCIs the male seemed very skittish but was fine to handle. The second week while I had him out he struck at me. The following weeks he became more and more scared and striking more and more.


Last week I took him out for feeding and in his tub I could hear him loudly hissing non stop. I fed him F/T and he defensively struck the mouse. I just left it in and closed the lid and eventually he ate it.

He always hides and doesn't come out to explore except at night, and when I come in he coils very frightened. Meanwhile the female is always out and about and very friendly. The male is so frightened he even attempted to shed inside his big smooth hide. I thought maybe he was just super scared because he was about to shed but even after its worse than before.


I had him out last night and he was extremely aggressive. When I say aggressive, I don't mean defensive. Ive never heard or read about this but when I put him out on the floor a few feet in front of me he would come straight at me then attempt to strike. I would move him, or myself to a new location and he would continually come straight towards me and again try to strike me. This happened a dozen times before I just put him back.

What in the world would cause a snake to come at a predator and strike rather than try and flee? What can I do to fix this? I really don't want a snake that is this horrible to deal with. We did notice his eyes seem to pop out of his head way more than the female. Could he have something wrong with him due to being such a crazy morph with all kinds of wacky genes bred in?