Trauma

[psychophobia]

My bp escape from her tank tonight.n my friend found her at the kitchen,he was afraid with snake,so he grab my bp with shirt at the head/neck.he said he grab it really hard coz my bp keep fighting back.after i back home n i want to change the water,she keep bite me several time.then my friend told me what happen.now my bp look really afraid,always want to bite me,always put his head out from hide n impossible the hold it without been bite more than 10 times.

is it she in trauma?can it be gone by time to time?

[Keyboard Warrior]

It's scared now, and was likely handled poorly. But to say it will always bite, is unfounded, because no one knows. You have to regain your BP's trust back and just handle him more. You may get bit the first few handlings, but he may or may not come back around.

Good luck.

[Jeo123]

As much as I'm sure people will resent me for saying this... I don't think BP's have the mental capacity to be permanently scarred by a single event. They seem to learn from repeated things(this side is warm, over there is cold) and will definitely react to recent events, but life long emotional scarring... that might require a bit more mental capacity.

I think she's in defensive mode at the moment after a rough time, but give it a while and she should be back to normal.

[seeya205]

She is just stressed from the event! I would just leave her completely alone for a week or two. You can feed her like normal and change her water but other than that, leave her be! She will be okay!

[Johan]

As much as I'm sure people will resent me for saying this... I don't think BP's have the mental capacity to be permanently scarred by a single event. They seem to learn from repeated things(this side is warm, over there is cold) and will definitely react to recent events, but life long emotional scarring... that might require a bit more mental capacity.

I think she's in defensive mode at the moment after a rough time, but give it a while and she should be back to normal.

Any animal can be imprinted permanently. For instance, if an animal eats something that is poisonous and survives, it will never eat that item again. I dont think this is the case in this example however.

[Homegrownscales]

Also they cam and will be traumatized from serious injury from prey. They will never eat that type again and some have had a very very hard time getting a ball that has been scarred like that to even eat. But again this is not the case. I think it's just very very stressed. But they do have the capability of being scarred for life from traumatic events.