I agree feeding in the cage isnt the only thing that causes them to be nippy but between that and not handling her enough was a good enough combo for this female. It doent cause all snakes to be mean though.

@donniecrazydc you are right, To Each Their Own.  All I was trying to say was that feeding inside the cage does NOT cause cage aggression.

I wasn't trying to be a jerk. Just giving advice from many years of experience. Though I think of 7 boas as a very small collection. There is nothing wrong with feeding in seperate enclosures but when you have a large collection like we do it is not productive. We have anywhere between 60 and over 100 snakes depending on time of year. Most babies are gone so we are around 65 right now.

If feeding in a seperate enclosure is what you like that is good but it doesn't make for an agressive snake.

I am into boas of all kinds. I would prefer a boa over any other snake. What u got u would wanna trade?

If you ever get a large collection or start breeding larger snakes. You will find it is much easier and safer to feed in there cage. Much more likely to get bit by moving from feeding container to cage or vice versa. I feed live only to the ball pythons. Everything else eats frozen thawed or pre killed. I also breed all of my own feeders from mice all the way up to rabbits. As far as mites on feeders it is possible but not likely. Snake mites are species specific and rarely go to another host.

$100 obo/trade. I am open to offers

donniecrazydc wrote:

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... and fed her in the cage. That is why she is cage aggressive.

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 Feeding in the cage is not necessarily why she is cage aggressive.  We feed all of our in their cages, but we also hook train them as well.  This is where we use a hook to tap them on their head to "disengage" the feeding response.  

Hook training can also be used to calm a cage aggressive animal.