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I recently bough an adult Diamond, I already have an adult Bredli and it is the most placid thing ever and whilst this Diamond has not bitten (yet) it hisses an awful lot, is this normal or is he pissed and close to taking chunks out of me?
 
well, my darling little girl diamond (little being about 6.5 foot) is a hissy missy too,...normaly she'll hiss for a while beforle having a go,...othertimes she'll just have a go,....

i would take hissing as a warning,.....

(my other diamond is a real sweetie, has never bitten in the 18 months ive had him, or hissed for that matter,....)
 
The guy I bought him from said he has never gone him but hey I'm not him.
 
i got a B&G jungle that is about 5yo she hisses all the time but never even looked like tagin me more of a nerves thing on her behalf than an aggressive response i think
 
A friend of ours has a 7ft Coastal who is a very tolerant chap, I was holding him, and he put his head right up near my ear and gave the biggest "hissssss"!!!!!! The friend reckons he does it all the time, and he's not as yet been aggresive with it....
 
Four days ago.

Snakes can take a bit of time to settle in. They get unnerved by the sudden move to new surroundings with unfamiliar sights and smells. Leave him alone while he gets used to his new home and you. By all means change his water and check enclosure temps, but no handling at all - just let him learn that it's safe here. It could take a few days, it could take a few weeks. When he starts to feel comfortable, he'll stop hissing at you. That's the theory anyway.
 
Is it female? Maybe she's just gossipy
 
Some snakes do
Some snakes dont

We have a 4 metre burmese thats ugly as a mother in law
Hisses at any attempt to disturb it
Then quite calmly slides out of its viv and plays with kids
 
You will get a few people on here who try to lighten the mood by having a joke..
Unfortunately if you don't have a sense of humour I guess it's lost on you.

I have an 18 month old female Jungle who is the most tolerant snake I own and never bites, but she has a habit of hissing if she's trying to climb around your neck or something and gets caught.. I think in her case it's just a frustration thing..
 
I have a great sense of humour and I would envisage that anyone who found that funny does not. I think you may also find that some people like to just post pointless things to get their post count up because as we all know the more posts you have the more you know.
 
If you knew the people who liked that comment, you would probably think otherwise..lol Snakes hissssssss
 
Snakes can take a bit of time to settle in. They get unnerved by the sudden move to new surroundings with unfamiliar sights and smells. Leave him alone while he gets used to his new home and you. By all means change his water and check enclosure temps, but no handling at all - just let him learn that it's safe here. It could take a few days, it could take a few weeks. When he starts to feel comfortable, he'll stop hissing at you. That's the theory anyway.

Yep, Yep, and Yep. Some snakes get more stressed than others when they are moved. Yours may well settle down in time.
 
Come on mate,

Lighten up he was just having a laugh it's a silly question its like saying my parrrot is squawking will he peck me? or my dog is barking will he bite me? The answer is most likely not, but you have to read the animals body language. Some wiggle their tales eratically others tense up and look visibly stressed. Let him settle in for a week or two and see if he changes. Maybe he just like whispering sweet nothings. but in all honesty mate what did you expect you ask a silly question get a silly answer.
 
Is it like someone saying "they are going for a snakes hiss"?
 
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