The little snake that could.. DID!

She did it again! Ate on her own!

My son took her out and it seemed for a few min that she couldn't tell where food was.

Then we noticed her little tongue was barely sticking out and going in and out, so she's learned how to use it.

He followed her around a bit with it and just as he was getting ready to heat it up again BAM!

She hit it so hard it made us both jump. We weren't expecting that.

2 meals in a row on her own....I don't think we have anything to worry about anymore.

Now quick question... This last picture looks like she's almost choking. Do all snakes do that at the end? Stretch their necks out and look like their choking? She actually almost fell over!https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0798353cd5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...409af5b51f.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...10d467ca86.jpg

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Awesome! She's doing great!

Yeah, that's a snake thing - getting the last bit down and sticking up etc. All good!

I usually tell people to feed in the enclosure, but with her, whatever works!

Congrats and it sounds like she is really on the right track!

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Awesome! She's doing great!

Yeah, that's a snake thing - getting the last bit down and sticking up etc. All good!

I usually tell people to feed in the enclosure, but with her, whatever works!

Congrats and it sounds like she is really on the right track!

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Yes he will try feeding in the enclosure next time. Right now it's easier outsidw because he has to follow her around while she moves to get the food juuust right in front of her face. Feeding in the enclosure right now would mean having to take stuff out to follow her face around. She'll start using that tongue more now and I'm sure it'll be easier to feed inside.

Wait.... so she does have a tongue??? I am so confused

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We have seen a little tongue stick part way out. It just looks like a little stick sticking barely past the end of her mouth.

She's doing so good! I feel like a proud auntie. :D

Congratulations! What an awesome little friend you have there, I'm happy for you guys.

YES! Go little baby! Eat eat eat! Whoot!

I'm stoked to see she's eating, and yes that last pic is normal.

Just one question: why on earth is she being fed on a carpet floor in the middle of a room?

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I'm stoked to see she's eating, and yes that last pic is normal.

Just one question: why on earth is she being fed on a carpet floor in the middle of a room?

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Honestly cannot tell you. It's my son.. No clue why je wont leave her in her enclosure.

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Honestly cannot tell you. It's my son.. No clue why je wont leave her in her enclosure.

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He not je... (Ugh phones)

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I would just be concerned about a regurge or getting tagged putting the snake back.

Yay little girl! Glad her deformed tongue can now be more of a quirk than a problem.

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He's read some people say take them out and put them in a box to eat. She FREAKS when he tried that one time. Never again.
Others say leave them in their enclosure, yet others say if you leave them in their enclosure they may see your hand as food every time you put your hand in there (with or without food) and strike at your hand.

I'm working on him.

Eating in the enclosure is best. You don't have to move the snake with a full belly. It does not make them more aggressive, if anything, you risk a bite handling a snake (by moving it back and forth) during feeding time.

However, at this point, whatever works works! Its great she learned to eat on her own. Just introduce her to eating in her tank, she will be fine. Wait a extra couple of days before feeding so she is hungry, and be patient. Most likely she will eat just fine.

I love that last picture! Its like a sake version of a hair flip lol

Glad shes doing so well! Seeing her progress over the last few weeks has been awesome.

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He's read some people say take them out and put them in a box to eat. She FREAKS when he tried that one time. Never again.
Others say leave them in their enclosure, yet others say if you leave them in their enclosure they may see your hand as food every time you put your hand in there (with or without food) and strike at your hand.

I'm working on him.

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I have fed all of my snakes in their enclosures for all the years I've been keeping snakes. Never once have I been struck at INSIDE the enclosure.

Basically the whole seperate feeding tub theory has been put to rest and proven counter productive over time.