weird question

so my snakes been nibbiling me sooo idk if its normal or i thought it may be hungry idk but its weird any feed back would be nice

When you say nibbiling you, you mean your snake has been biting you correct?

yea a bite but not like a full strike idk its weird it never struck at me. i fed it right after i posted this and it took the mouse in seconds of being in the box so i figuared it was just hungry :)

I have never heard of a bp biting but not striking. So it was just munching on you?

That's odd. When pythons and boas want to bite, they usually strike out, just like when attacking prey.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

I have never heard of a bp biting but not striking. So it was just munching on you?

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I'm thinking by not a full strike he is meaning a strike with no bite.

Sounds to me like a defensive strike; usually this happens when a snake is insecure or stressed out. Its a good sign that he ate but I would re-look my husbandry if it becomes a frequent behavior.

When mine bit me it just put its face up to my arm and bit. She had already managed to coil around my arm, but she never struck.

like this isnt the first time........... i once had it around my neck and it was by my lip and like it opean its mouth went down on my lip but not hard and it let go and i just quick pulled away weirdest thing ever... i did feel its teeth scrap my lip.............now i probly sound like a wierdo ha :)

When snakes are having an attitude where they are always constantly nippy and biting, that means that they are either stressed or hungry. Snakes are very prone to becoming stressed, and it's so very easy for them to become stressed, and what triggers their stress can be a number of things, but the main reasons how they get stressed are:
1- improper husbandry (not having the correct items/temps needed for that specific species of snake)
2- too much/too long of handling (handling for long periods of time or being taken out multiple times)

When snakes are fed small meals that don't fill them up, they will be on the hunt for food a lot of the time. They will even come out during the day time searching for something to eat. So if your feeding your snake too little of meals, you may want to go a size larger. Go by this rule when feeding: feed the snake a mouse about the same size as the middle part of the snake's body.