well today i was feeding vanessa and she did her usual stalking the rat and striking but this time, for the firt time ever, she missed it!

once she missed it she backed up into her hide with her head party out and she was all S'ed up and ready to go but the rat never came over to her so i kinda nudged it over to her with my feeding tongs to where it was withing range, but the phone rang so i went to go get it and when i was done the rad had walked away and she was all the way in her hide coiling up and going back to sleep.

have any of you ever had a snake strike, then miss and not eat? i think ive read of this before but i wasnt sure. this has never happened to me.

i searched for this on the forums but didnt really come up with anything.

thanks, Marshall.