Stupid Rookie Mistake...

[squatsnstilettos]

Note to self: never allow you Kingsnake get a whiff of your BP. They go mental. Last night I picked up Seshat (my BP) while still in her shoebox, then put her in a plastic container while I cleaned her tank. I then put her back. Afterwards, Khyan, my Kingsnake did his “business” so I decided to clean his tank too. I placed him in the same plastic container and proceeded to clean out his pad. Idiot that I am, I never thought of cleaning out the container prior to putting Khyan in there and he absorbed Seshat’s scent. When I put him back into his bachelor pad, he went stir crazy. He spun around his pad like a mad man, ransacking everything, turning over his skull, tossing his paper towel rolls, biting himself and basically having an anxiety attack.

Realizing what I had done, I pulled him out and placed him in a pillow case so he could chill a bit. I removed all of his belongings and cleaned his pad once again to remove the smell. I only put back his hut and leafy branch to be safe. Then I gave Khyan a bath, placing him under some water and cleaning him with some natural shampoo; twice. I gave him a kiss, told him mom was very sorry for causing him so much stress and put him back in his pad. He did his usual "sniff and explore" but was otherwise calm. This morning he was stretched out on his branch basking in the sunlight.

[ratchet]

Woo-hoo.... I know my king goes nuts when he catches a look of another one of my snakes too. Not that crazy, though! I had my one ball in his tank right next to my king temporarily and he has yet to eat any mice since, even though I have moved the other snake away. I'm thinking he is holding out for that other snake (I had a towel up so he couldn't see the snake, but I'm imagining he must have been able to smell the other guy). One day he'll get hungry enough for the mice again.

I always make sure I wash out the containers and my hands when switching from snake to snake and I'm guessing from now on, you will too. It's better to be clean and safe than sorry in case there's mites you haven't noticed or something... but that's crazy, didn't think they'd go so nuts that they'd bite themselves! Glad you were able to calm him down.

[John1982]

Nothing like a crazy strong feeding response to keep things interesting!

[squatsnstilettos]

Nothing like a crazy strong feeding response to keep things interesting!

You're not kidding!! I don't think I'll ever have feeding issues with this boy!

[squatsnstilettos]

Woo-hoo.... I know my king goes nuts when he catches a look of another one of my snakes too. Not that crazy, though! I had my one ball in his tank right next to my king temporarily and he has yet to eat any mice since, even though I have moved the other snake away. I'm thinking he is holding out for that other snake (I had a towel up so he couldn't see the snake, but I'm imagining he must have been able to smell the other guy). One day he'll get hungry enough for the mice again.

I always make sure I wash out the containers and my hands when switching from snake to snake and I'm guessing from now on, you will too. It's better to be clean and safe than sorry in case there's mites you haven't noticed or something... but that's crazy, didn't think they'd go so nuts that they'd bite themselves! Glad you were able to calm him down.

Yeah I am usually OCD about cleaning and stuff because I have multiple creatures living with me. Last night I just wasn't thinking. I had no idea what to do but just went off what seemed logical. I'm glad it worked too. I love the names of your babies by the way!!

[dylanjwicklund]

A few months ago I went to put my pastel female back from cleaning her cage and she went near my kingsnakes cage which is on top of my rack and my kingsnake came out he didn't seem aggressive towards her but he did have interest

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[dylanjwicklund]

Ps don't mind the blood stain yama is a vicious feeder and likes to pin and slam his prey against the glass before biting

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[theoremofgoats]

This is why I call my king the Commodore. Haha. He's adorable and still pretty small, but heaven forbid there's another snake in his line of sight…which is odd because all my other snakes are more than substantially larger than him…feisty little thing.