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Ugghh!! I get irritated every time I hear it!! If you've ever perused the classifieds or forums, you've no doubt heard it too. "This snake for sale has the typical Blood Python attitude". "My new Blood isn't too bad, but he's definitely got the typical Blood Python attitude". It's a code, spoken only by people who have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. I suppose it's a nice way of saying "this snake is mean" without having any accountability on the keeper or seller's part as to why it's mean. Instead, this fictitious reputation is created, and the species becomes a scapegoat for why these particular animals are mean. 9 1/2 times out of 10, these snakes with the "typical Blood Python attitude" are kept in fish tanks, that are way to big, too hot, with next to no humidity, no hides, fed live (probably mice), and are only handled at feeding time. In other words the keeper/seller is doing everything wrong, but their snake has problems because that's just the way Bloods are... right? Wrong. Take my word for it, the true typical Blood Python attitude is fat and lazy. Without question, they do huff and puff, and flinch more than say a Boa or Ball Python, but they are not on average any more or less aggressive as a species than any other constrictor out there. Are stressed Bloods mean??? Of course. Are sick Bloods mean??? Yup. Are wild caught Bloods (especially adults) mean??? You betcha. However you can transpose "Blood" in the three things I just said, with basically every single different species in captivity. Well cared for, U.S.C.B.B Bloods, kept in the right conditions, are not only not mean, they are generally downright friendly. There are rare cases of animals that are kept correctly, and are just for whatever reason mean (I have one female in particular that hates my guts!) but that is not by any stretch of the imagination "typical". Below there are a few pictures of what you can expect as the true typical Blood Python attitude:
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