Saturdays are dinner days for the snakes, and recently my boa Satin has turned into a maniac when it comes to food. She'll sit at the doors and wait for someone to open them, and then try to tag the first thing that moves. Yesterday was NO EXCEPTION. I opened her tank and went to throw the rat in (I don't offer it anymore, she'd just try to take my hand off), and she ignores the rat and decides she's gonna come out instead. FIRST MISTAKE: I tried to reach under the door and push her back in by her midsection since I didn't think she had noticed the food yet. Wrong; she made a grab for my hand, grazed it (left papercut-like marks from where her teeth grazed), and ended up tagging and coiling the first thing she got a hold of...

My pajama pants.

I tried to gently pull them away from her, but she coiled tighter! I didn't wanna pull too hard for fear of pulling her teeth out or something. The whole time I was trying to help her while trying NOT to laugh at the sight of a big, bad snake with green plaid pants in her mouth! Eventually my boyfriend came in and we ended up wiggling the rat in front of her nose, and she let go of my pants for something more rodent-y and edible.

I wish I had gotten pictures, but I was too busy trying to think of a way to get the pants away from her without her letting go and getting ME instead. Just thought I'd share the story of the adventure with you guys! Anything can happen on feeding day.