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Re: Strike but no bite and coil??
sounds like a defensive strike, not a feeding response....she was likely pissed off and wanted the rat out of her space, just didnt want to eat it
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Re: Strike but no bite and coil??
Originally Posted by Uncle Festae
sounds like a defensive strike, not a feeding response....she was likely pissed off and wanted the rat out of her space, just didnt want to eat it
Yup...I second this supposition. I actually give my snake about 2-3 minutes to decide if she's going to eat her rat or not. If she doesn't show immediate interest, it comes out and she waits another week to eat. (This pretty much only happens when she's in shed, nowadays)
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Re: Strike but no bite and coil??
Originally Posted by JLC
Yup...I second this supposition. I actually give my snake about 2-3 minutes to decide if she's going to eat her rat or not. If she doesn't show immediate interest, it comes out and she waits another week to eat. (This pretty much only happens when she's in shed, nowadays)
Thirded... this may not be a hard and fast rule, but in my experience, if you see a few defensive strikes at a rat, take it out and wait a week. I wish all of my girls were that obvious when they didnt want the food... a lot of times this happens they are in shed and cant see very well, but it is obvious they just dont want anything hot and moving near them as they treat my hand the same way.
Nothing to worry about imo, just wait a week.
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