I'm sure this has been asked about a gazillion times but after doing some searches, I didn't turn up a whole lot on the topic and looking for some experienced advice. :oops: I'm just curious about the signs of a snake that is still hungry after feeding. My snake just ate it's first meal since I obtained him. Little background; male Spider that hatched out 6-15-12. Got him from Constrictors Unlimited (great experience BTW) and picked him up from their facility on Sunday (7-8-12.) He'd had 3 meals prior and eating live hopper mice. Got a hopper for him today and he was definitely hungry if him trying to munch my mouse scented watch band is any indication :P (handled him for weigh-in only). Took him about 15 minutes to stalk, kill, and eat it. After he was finished swallowing, though, he spent a lot of time smelling and circling the area where the mouse had been sitting. He had that excited, feverish movement like when they get really interested in prey. Is this a normal behavior or an I'm-still-hungry indicator? He weighs 85 grams but I don't have a weight on the hopper... didn't think about it at the time. :rolleyes: But it was about medium sized and to the eye appeared roughly the same size around as the snake. It made a mildly noticeable, albeit not large, lump in his abdomen. I could follow it down his body if I watched close enough. After about 5 minutes of the fervent sniffing, he made a beeline to the hidey on the hot side of his habitat where he's still hanging out.
