I have two snakes that do this, and one is particularly picky. She will strike every feeding night, but unless she bites is square on the head, she'll drop it and lose interest. Then I offer her another one (or sometimes the same one if I can prevent getting tagged), and hope she bites that one on the head. I wouldn't mind so much if she was a better aim, but no such luck...Originally Posted by Ash
My lesser used to do that a lot when he was young. I figured out after a while that he only did it when he struck anywhere other than the face. He wouldn't be able to swallow it right away, so he'd spit it out and try to figure out where the head was, and sometimes he'd just take too long and lose interest. If he's not doing it already, see if you can get your snake to strike at the face, it might help.
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