Signs of aggression?

This is a first for us so I thought I'd ask about it. Avalon, my daughter's BP, struck at her heat lamp as I was putting her back in her tank after a feeding.. She didn't strike at my hand or anything, just in the direction of the heat of the lamp? Is this a sign she may be getting aggressive and is going to be a biter? We have just begun to hold her some. She shed last week so we didn't hold her that week at all, but held her twice this week.
What do you think?

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Also she weighs 118g and we fed her three 7 gram fuzzy mice, so I wouldn't think she would still be hungry

BP's generally aren't aggressive. I'm thinking she might have possibly mistaken it for the heat signature of prey? I've found that my BP's have always seemed famished after a shed and want food the same day.

She's still in feed mode. She probably picked up the heat from the lamp, and was thinking food. This is one of the reasons we don't move them to a seperate tub to feed. It's a good way to get bit. Try just feeding her in her own enclosure. They just really don't need to be moved to feed. Cage aggression in bps just doesn't happen.

Also, I would try to get her on one appropriate sized rat.

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Originally Posted by DrDooLittle

Also, I would try to get her on one appropriate sized rat.

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She has a little while till she gets to rats.. We still have 21 mice left and the next reptile show isn't till next month.

Feed her in her enclosure :gj:

Fuzzy mice are too small even for hatchlings. Hatchlings can eat mouse hoppers. So when you have to feed multiples, she may not always get enough. Sometimes they won't eat 2 or 3, and can then still be hungry. Don't you have anywhere else you can get rats? Personally I would count my losses on the mice, and get some rats from somewhere. But still, for original question I think the bite came from feed mode, not aggression. I find mine are famished after a shed, and eat same day.

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So when you have to feed multiples, she may not always get enough. Sometimes they won't eat 2 or 3, and can then still be hungry.

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So far she has eaten three in one feeding, one after another with maybe 5 minutes time in between. I will be getting her some rats though.

You could see if your local pet store will buy the mice from you. A lot will. Some will even make a trade of mice for a rat or two if the price was about the same. (Like 4 hoppers for a small rat for instance.)

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You could see if your local pet store will buy the mice from you. A lot will. Some will even make a trade of mice for a rat or two if the price was about the same. (Like 4 hoppers for a small rat for instance.)

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I'm guessing he has a bag of frozen mice. Doubt any pet store would buy those.

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I really don't see the difference? What's it matter if she eats three 7 gram mice or one 21 gram rat? She's still getting roughly 15% of her body weight in a meal. I could see if I were feeding her a 7 gram mouse and then she wouldn't eat anymore, that would be Underfeeding her.. Either way 3 mice or 1 rat, she gets the same weight in food.