why is my cali king biting me? :(

[Sophi]

Hello,

I've had my little Ajna for a while now, I handle her frequently and she has always been very friendly. She is still young and has a lot of energy but she has never bitten. Two nights ago I was sitting with her, she was poking around my hand and out of nowhere just started biting at my finger. I put her Back in her tank.

The next day my boyfriend went to take her out and she was very nippy. She's never acted this way before twords Anyone.

I have a few ideas as to why she might be doing this but I'm not sure.

She's hungry and the mice we have been feeding her are too small. I got some bigger mice for her but I've been trying to finish off the last of the pinkies since I have no other snakes that will eat them. Ajna has been growing fast so it's possible she's not at full after last feeding. (I feed the snakes on Tuesday) last night she seemed to be in hunt mode, lots of tounge flicking and lots of exploring her tan, so I fed her a few days ahead of schedule.

My other concern is this didn't start happening until I brought home a new ball python the other day. The two snakes have not interacted but perhaps she can smell or sense the ball in the same room? Also when I adopted the ball i had to do some rearranging of tanks and I had to move my king across the room. I didn't change the interior of her tank, but I did move her to the other side of the room.

My other thought is i got new hand sanitizer and a new hand soap... So perhaps the smell bothers her?

I'm mostly concerned that she is reacting to the new ball python. Would she have any reason to be bothered by another snake in the room? Can they sense eachother/do they make eachother nervous?