Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 862

3 members and 859 guests
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,905
Threads: 249,102
Posts: 2,572,091
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, Pattyhud
  • 11-25-2010, 12:44 AM
    Jay_Bunny
    Tail Wagging during Feeding
    I was feeding all the snakes tonight and I had already fed Juji, my pinstripe female a mouse and was offering her a 2nd when she began wagging her tail at me. This wasn't just a sort of swipe to the side. It was an obvious wag back and forth. Almost like a dog.

    Is it just that she wants the mouse, wants me to leave her alone, or is it something else?
  • 11-25-2010, 12:55 AM
    JLC
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    Here's a video of an angolan python doing the tail-wag during her hunt...

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ing-quot-video...

    No idea what it indicates...if anything. But it seems cool to witness!
  • 11-25-2010, 01:08 AM
    thedarkwolf25
    That is SO cool! Was that a BP?
  • 11-25-2010, 01:12 AM
    JLC
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by thedarkwolf25 View Post
    That is SO cool! Was that a BP?

    In the video? No, that was an Angolan Python. They look kind of similar, but it is an entirely different species.
  • 11-25-2010, 01:13 AM
    thedarkwolf25
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by JLC View Post
    In the video? No, that was an Angolan Python. They look kind of similar, but it is an entirely different species.

    Ok, I thought that was a rather large BP and I don't know the morphs well so I wasn't sure. Thanks!
  • 11-25-2010, 01:18 AM
    Orlandoflor
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    it could be that its trying to lure the mouse to her.in mouse brain its saying " hey what that moving "
  • 11-25-2010, 01:21 AM
    TomC
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    She thinks she is a rattler. Just kidding, I have no idea what the cause is but it is cool.
  • 11-25-2010, 07:16 AM
    PitOnTheProwl
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    That was cool!!!
    Nibbles vibrates her tail like a rattler when she is mad (just when I am around);)

    I laugh because all I can imagine is the tv commercial, I think its for car insurance, that has the rattle snake with the baby rattle tied to its tail LOL
  • 11-25-2010, 09:17 AM
    thedarkwolf25
    Re: Tail Wagging during Feeding
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl View Post
    That was cool!!!
    Nibbles vibrates her tail like a rattler when she is mad (just when I am around);)

    I laugh because all I can imagine is the tv commercial, I think its for car insurance, that has the rattle snake with the baby rattle tied to its tail LOL

    I love that commercial lol!
  • 11-25-2010, 11:29 AM
    zina10
    That angolan is my baby ;)

    I don't think she is trying to entice the rat with that movement. Its not a "luring" type of motion, its actually quite deliberate and almost violent. It reminds me most of what cats do when they hunt, their tail swishing back and forth !

    I think its the excitement ? Perhaps meant to "distract" the rat from the head of the snake ? LOL

    I dunno, but its funny to watch :)
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1