Why is my girlie scared of me?
I have an almost 14 year old lesser python. Her humidity and temperatures are perfectly fine. She eats well and her sheds are beautiful. However I noticed she’s scared of me when she’s in her tank. She’s fairly big a little over 5 feet and she a thickkkk girlie.
I hadn’t had her entire life. I was given her when she was 6 and had her for 5 years, gave her to a friend for 3 and got her back in August 2025. She’s been really happy since then.
When she’s not hiding I’ll go look at her and talk to her and she looks at me for a bit and then hides. Or if I walk by her tank too fast she freaks out (that one I can understand a bit more) if I stick my hand in her tank to fix something or to even grab her she gets scared. But once she’s out of the tank she’s the most relaxed snake ever. We chill for hours, I can for her head and chin pets, she lays on me, she explores we watch TV. But as soon as she’s back in her tank she’s terrified.
The weird thing is that when other people come over and check out her tank she comes out immediately to see who they are or she’s very curious of them. I never let anyone take her out so if they wanna hold her I’ll take her out and hand her to them.