The Problem Snake 2

[Sarah1029]

We've had our baby ball python Kashmir for about 3 months now and everything has been going well except that for the last two weeks when he's been put in a box with a mouse he's struck at it and missed. He hit the side of the box both times and then recovered to eat the mouse. He also seemed to have trouble finding the head and ended up eating the whole thing backwards. I know their eye sight isn't very good to begin with and he still manages to eat in the end so I'm just wondering if there is really anything wrong or if there is anything we should do about it. Thank you, Sarah

[bsd13]

Head or butt first it doesn't seem to matter.

As far as missing the strikes are you sure they aren't defensive warning strikes? One of mine does that if I just jam the rat/mouse in his face.

[Sarah1029]

I take Kashmir out of his usual enclosure and put him in a box for feeding. I put him in first and then put the mouse in and it looks like he is genuinely striking to feed, not just a warning strike and missing, but I could take that into consideration. Should I worry if this continues?