My BP bit himself!

[SadieJ]

He struck real quick for the rat & coiled it up. After he started uncoiling, he somehow got his teeth stuck in himself. He managed to get free after about 5 mins (phew!!)

I offered him the rat again after he got free & this time the strike was barely a strike; very slow & deliberate. He even took his time coiling.

Has anybody else's snake done this before?

[Aercadia]

D: I hope he's okay!!

[SadieJ]

D: I hope he's okay!!

He seems fine. Didn't see any free-flowing blood as it was going down th hatch

[tbowman]

When my male Burmese was a baby he used to bite into himself regularly while eating. I didn't worry too much about it and all was fine. I can't recall if there was any blood.

[Aercadia]

Okay, these make me feel a little better. I know I have done some dumb stuff to myself (hit myself in the face while asleep, knee'd myself in the jaw while sitting with my legs tucked up, etc) - if snakes could feel embarrassment, hopefully that's all it would be :) Hope he continues to feed nicely (and maybe with better aim) and that this doesn't hurt his confidence!

[bondo]

Yup I have had them bite themselves, tongs, tub, and me lol

[SadieJ]

Okay, these make me feel a little better. I know I have done some dumb stuff to myself (hit myself in the face while asleep, knee'd myself in the jaw while sitting with my legs tucked up, etc) - if snakes could feel embarrassment, hopefully that's all it would be Hope he continues to feed nicely (and maybe with better aim) and that this doesn't hurt his confidence!

I've fallen UP the steps about 15 years ago, & my shin still likes to thank me before it rains to this day!

I think he'll be ok, I'm going to watch him closely to make sure the stress of it all doesn't make him regurge. But I figure if it was that bad for him, he wouldn't have taken the rat to begin with

[adizziedoll]

Yep, always seems to be the spider

Side note: I just accidentally punched myself in the face not 10 minutes before reading this thread.

[SadieJ]

Mine's a Special tho, is there Spider genes in Specials?

[adizziedoll]

Oh no I just meant in my experiences