Mama, what isth this thuff?

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Originally Posted by Serpent_Nirvana

What was even weirder was that the week before, I was walking by his tub and, for absolutely no reason, he grabbed at one of the newspapers in his cage, held on and coiled as if it were a rat! After I figured out what the heck had gone on (I was worried one of the snakes was having a seizure or something), I had to open up the tub and remove the newspaper from his mouth. It wasn't even a feeding day, so the room didn't smell like rat or anything ... I still haven't figured that one out!

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Maybe you smelled like a rat? :D He might just associate you with dinner now, and got a little too excited... too funny, LOL.

I had to pull paper towel out of a hatchling's mouth last year as well--I think most substrates have a small bit of risk attached. I just learned to peek in on them when feeding to make sure everything's as it should be, whether I use paper towel or newspaper.