Me and my big female snake, Joxer, that is.

Joxer, who I thought was a boy, and turned out to be a girl, is still SUPER cranky. I had a similar problem with another female snake, Ms Cleo, and ended up having to get rid of her because I was a little afraid of her, and she just couldn’t be handled by me (men on the other hand had no problem so I thought she could sense my gender, though in retrospect it was probably just my fear at the time).

I don’t have the fear problem anymore (now that I know what it feel like to be bit HARD) and I don’t have a uterus anymore so Joxer can’t be sensing gender via menses, and yet, she still strikes at everything! Rather frustrating I tell you!! And now that spring has sprung she is really hungry too and feeding is even becoming an issue. I have taken to just tossing in the food into her cage because she is so jumpy, and I HATE not feeding in strike box.

So, any ideas on what I can do? Besides just handle her, very likely get bit and hopes she calms down??