I just watched my pastel do the weirdest thing. I've never seen a snake do this before. Since I'll be away from home over the weekend, I thought I'd feed everyone this evening. So I threw in a rat pup for everyone. Magnum came right on out like he normally does... but didn't strike at the rat pup when it walked by. Instead he made a quick "S" around it and constricted it that way. I guess he was in a lazy mood. LOL man do I love that snake!!!!