Striking the Glass

[CloudtheBoa]

My big jungle female is like this, too. It's gotten worse as I've had her, but I do notice a positive impact if I spend more time going into the snake room and just walking around or interacting with her vs staying out of the snake room. Even if I just come in the room a couple times a day and walk around without food, that seems to help her to sit, wait, and see vs strike at the first sign of movement. I always have a hook on hand, and she quickly drops her food response once I actually get my hands on her, but even the vibrations of my foot steps can set her off, so covering her enclosure wouldn't help.

Feeding a responsive snake more food is not the way address their behaviors, as they could easily become obese which will cause a whole host of health issues, and more often than not, won't even impact their behavior. I've had 2 snakes (including my jungle girl) who are always ravenous. One was one of my garters, and he would actually jump out of the tank and latch onto my finger sometimes. I tried for a year to give him as many pinks as he would eat in one sitting as often as he would take them, and even after all that time, I noticed zero improvement. So on a diet he went because he was almost as heavy as my other garter half a foot longer than him. lol With the boa, I tried feeding her two jumbos to see if more food would help, and she just continued hitting the glass wanting more. She's a breeder, so I don't want her fat, so that was the end of that. She's definitely not starving, either, she's maintaining her body structure and has even gained weight. So guess it's just something I have to deal with. lol

Kinda like my mom's cat that will eat everything and anything, and even chase the other cats out of their food. It's like some animals just lack that part of the brain to tell them they're full.