I mean this in all seriousness. Not intending to offend anyone.
Ramses has always had HORRIBLE aim during feeding. It's rare that he gets it on the first try and uncommon that he gets it on the second try. Normally I don't think anything of it, because he does get the rat eventually, swallows it no problem, and is an otherwise perfectly healthy snake.
But last night made me wonder. I thawed a rat and went to feed it to him with tongs, just as I always do. The rat was the same as always, just solid white, nothing strange about it. I wiggled it a bit to get his attention, just as I always do. But for some reason, it took Ramses at least seven strikes (no exaggeration, but I didn't count) to land it, and he landed it on the tail. Not the rump, not the tail base, the tail. Like an inch down.
See here:
This isn't the first instance where he's missed multiple times. He accidentally nicked my finger once because he missed the rat. And he doesn't just barely miss, he's WAY off.
So I was wondering, is there something wrong with him? Does he have a mental disability? Is his vision/heat sensing impaired? Is his head-eye coordination hindered somehow?
And if he does have some sort of problem like this, is it something to worry about, and is it fixable?
Thanks in advance!
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