First pet snake

[Sylphie]

I'm not a pro at giant pythons so I can't talk about the enclosure issues, but...

I once bought 8yo russian rat snake female, she was calm and not aggressive at all, but very, VERY hissy. We soon realized that that was her way of telling us to "go to hell and leave me alone", but since she wasn't striking or anything we just kept handling her. After half year she was as calm as our other snakes and not a single hiss since then, so don't worry Some snakes are just vocal too, one of ours will puff and huff if we don't let him where he wants to go. Since yours is not aggressive too I wouldn't worry too much.

[stevo-d]

Originally Posted by Sylphie

I'm not a pro at giant pythons so I can't talk about the enclosure issues, but...

I once bought 8yo russian rat snake female, she was calm and not aggressive at all, but very, VERY hissy. We soon realized that that was her way of telling us to "go to hell and leave me alone", but since she wasn't striking or anything we just kept handling her. After half year she was as calm as our other snakes and not a single hiss since then, so don't worry Some snakes are just vocal too, one of ours will puff and huff if we don't let him where he wants to go. Since yours is not aggressive too I wouldn't worry too much.

I had a 6ft bullsnake for 12 years and I just couldn't tame it. She'd hiss strike and was fast as a cheetah . Even out the tank she'd hiss and just try to get away. The only person it didn't bite was my mother.??????. I'm just back from Tenerife and held a 10 foot burm, a 6 foot burm and a 4ft burm, all calm and tame absolute beautiful animals. My girlfriend friend said she wants one and it's always been my dream to get one so I've just got to find a new house that can hold an 8 foot tank. I'll post pictures when I get back from the gym I can't wait to get one honestly ever since I seen Jake the snake Roberts with Damien I have dreamt of it.