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Striking/Hiding

Faenaria

Faenaria

Cupcake Baking Corn Lover
My little year and half old corn snake has gone from a sweetheart that would never strike or stress at me, to hiding, and striking repeatedly at me when I try to remove her from the cage.
Is it possible she's trying to brumate even though I haven't set her up for it? I know this can happen with bearded dragons, they just do it on their own sometimes, so I was wondering if that was what was happening with my poor little girl.
 
is she possibly in shed. whats containment size? are temps good? I Raised Rat snakes for many years never had them try to brumate I raised them from babies and never bred them so no need to brumate but didn't notice any trying on there own. I do notice my snakes hide a lot when in shed and they can be a bit cranky same thing if temps have changed from normal. Did you raise it from hatchling and are you feeding in the home cage?
 
Like epicdoom said, going blue. That is now my first guess when they get that way. Even the most mellow snake can get strikey when they are in blue. As long as she is healthy and the temps are good, I'd give it 10 days, she shoule have shed by then.
 
something I found years back with ball pythons is they get what I call cage crazy. Im not sure if this happens with all snakes that are captive. I kinda relate it to use humans after being cooped up in the house for extended periods of time. I think they, just like us need to get out and stretch the legs so to speak. I have a rather large box my lathe was shipped in I keep it out next to the garage once a month I put a snake or 2 in it and let them explore. they seem to enjoy it a good bit. so far I have no snakes trying to bite and when I would put my pythons out to roam the room I kept them in it seemed to settle them down. I am working on my new snake room ATM so cant let any roam in there yet. I seal the room off completely so there will never be an escape all vents moved to the ceiling no gaps in the moldings and a rubber door sweep. Try letting your snake roam a bit. It may help keep him or her friendly it made a big difference with my pythons they hurt when they bite because they like to twist there heads to sink those teeth in deep.
 
I have a kingsnake hybid that is cage protective. Have to use a snake hook to get her out (especially on omnom day), but once she's out she is as curious as a kitten and super sweet. It just seems to be the way she is.

Is it a recent behavior change? If it is I'd check temps especially now that we're getting into the colder weather.
 
Cool temps are likely to make the snake more lethargic and less active - it's higher temps which cause them to become hyperactive and bitey (worth double-checking the maximum temp on the warm side floor surface, just in case). In any case, brumation is very difficult to achieve in temps that we would find comfortable for our homes. It's really not likely to be that at all.

If this behaviour only started in the last week or so and warm side temps are fine, I'd also vote for an imminent shed. At a year and a half, her behaviours will still be developing. Just because she's coped calmly with sheds until now, doesn't guarantee that she'll continue to do so. She has another year or two of growing before she truly settles into her "lifetime" behaviours.
 
setafox said:
I have a kingsnake hybid that is cage protective. Have to use a snake hook to get her out (especially on omnom day), but once she's out she is as curious as a kitten and super sweet. It just seems to be the way she is.

Is it a recent behavior change? If it is I'd check temps especially now that we're getting into the colder weather.
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My hatchling has been strikey since the day I brought her home but like your king she calms down once I actually have her out.
 
It is a very recent behaviour change, however, after two days of being grumpy and strikey, she's calmed right down (no shed that I can see, which is weird) and she climbed up onto my hand for a snuggle and food without any fuss.
Knock on wood, hopefully she's fine now.
 
She also wasn't in blue or due to be in blue so I doubt it's the shedding thing - she shed about two weeks before this happened.
 
My opinion, sometimes they are just not in the mood to deal with us, their people. Just give them their space and they get over it in a few days. Mine never get to the point that they strike but they can have moments of snake pms.
 
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