Struck himself....

I have a younger male pastel that missed the rat and struck a few times and ended up latched on to himself and tried to coil.....he finally let go and took a rat, but has anyone had this happen before? Should I be expecting a vet visit? I can see no damage, but he was ready to eat so I did not get a real good look....

I doubt there's any damage worth worrying about. If he did get through the scales, just keep noesporin (NO PAINKILLER) on it til he sheds.

Silly snake. :P

hahah!! Sorry to laugh but that is one of the funniest things i have ever herd, im picturing that in my head.

Seriously though i doubt you have anything to worry about, unless you could visually see gash(s) in her scales the neosporin should more then do the trick.

that's like when your out to dinner and the waiter/waitress says don't touch cause the plate is really hot....you know you have to see for yourself lol... Maybe your snake just waned to see what her bit felt like!;)

Unless you saw blood I don't think you will have an issue.

My female struck & missed once as well. Her teeth got caught in the green reptile carpet & I had to assist her in freeing herself. Made me laugh at the time as well.:rofl:

He should be fine as long as you don't see blood. If you do, simply treat it as you would any small wound.

I know it can be a little scary. None of my balls do it, but my albino burm, she eats piglets and when she needs leverage to get them down, she will actually bite herself and push against her body to get the piglets down. Odd I know. If I knew how to post pics I would show you!

have to admit, that is pretty funny, althought I think your snake will be fine even if you saw the tiniest amount of blood, just clean and rub a little neosporin on it, that kind without paint relief of course. where did the snake exactly strike itself, I'm trying to imagine the strike and coil lol

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Originally Posted by jtyson123

He should be fine as long as you don't see blood. If you do, simply treat it as you would any small wound.

I know it can be a little scary. None of my balls do it, but my albino burm, she eats piglets and when she needs leverage to get them down, she will actually bite herself and push against her body to get the piglets down. Odd I know. If I knew how to post pics I would show you!

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Wow really? get an account at photobucket.com and please please post those. that sounds wild i would love to see that in action, specially on purpose!

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Wow really? get an account at photobucket.com and please please post those. that sounds wild i would love to see that in action, specially on purpose!

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yes please !! haha

He still ate... no worries.

My snake has struck at himself, but he did not latch on.

Thanks everyone. I checked him out this morning and he is fine. He really missed the rat and struck a few more times and ended up latched onto himself. He coiled, but there was nothing there to coil. Then he started to uncoil like he was about to find the head and start to eat.....
He looked very confused when he figured out he was trying to eat himself...

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Wow really? get an account at photobucket.com and please please post those. that sounds wild i would love to see that in action, specially on purpose!

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Hey not intending to thread jack so sorry! I remembered that I had a Photobucket account so I uploaded a picture. I seem to have deleted the ones off my camera, but I had one on my phone.

Here is a link to my album http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/a...htyson/Snakes/

It is weird watching her do it, especially because she really latches on, and has to yank pretty good to get her teeth out when she is finished. She just ate Friday, so if she is ready again this week I will see if I can get a video of her doing it.

wow!! That is absolutely crazy!!!

Holy crap! that is nuts

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Holy crap! that is nuts

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Right? It worried me at first, but it doesn't do much damage to her scales so I figured no harm. If it hurt her, I am sure she wouldn't do it. I mean obviously it isn't accidental lol.

Man do I love that snake. She is a barrel of laughs. If you don't have a burm, get one when you have the space, money, time and knowledge. She has the most personality of all of my animals. But she can be a handful sometimes!

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If you don't have a burm, get one when you have the space, money, time and knowledge. She has the most personality of all of my animals. But she can be a handful sometimes!

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The only one of those i would have a problem with is time, i would LOVE to own one of those! I almost did it at the last herp show i was at but couldn't pull the trigger cause i don't know what my moving situation is like in the next year( embarking on a career change) and would hate to have to give that kind of snake up.