Quote Originally Posted by loonunit View Post
Sorry, this picture is just hysterically funny.

...yeah, some of mine are dumber than others. But it's probably also got to do with the heat pits. The snake smells the mouse, which get his appetite going. But he won't strike until the heat pits detect a warm target. If your finger is warmer than the thawed mouse, he'll strike towards the back, or even nick your finger.

Try warming the nose of the mouse under a heat lamp or with a hair dryer for 60 seconds or so. Or let the head of the mouse sit under hot water for 30 seconds and then dry it off. I think you'll see his aim improve.

I'm not ruling out the possibility that he's a few cards short of a full deck! But at least this'll give him a clearer target to aim at.
Well, Iggy just made the Village Idiot BP list tonight.

She literally swallowed her mouse sideways.

She always has a lousy aim and grabs it "wrong" but up 'til now, has always managed to get it longways, whether butt or head first.

She had a really tough "bar room brawl" with this particular dead mouse [maybe it really was a Zombie] and before I could do anything about it, she slooooowly, agonizingly [for me, anyway] started swallowing it 'wrong'.

I was freaking out the whole ten minutes it took her to get it down.

I considered running into the living room to post an emergency "OMG! MY SNAKE IS EATING HER MOUSE SIDEWAYS!!!!" thread for advice but was too afraid to leave her alone in case she needed help.
[although what kind of help I could've offered, I have no clue...moral support? holding her hand? the Heimlich maneuver? a rousing "EAT! EAT! EAT!" sorority chant?]

Anyway, afterward, she took a long sip of water and went back to bed like nothing had happened.

[I took a Valium]......

And there you have it...my dear little Iggy is "spayshul", too.

(and just to be on the safe side, I'm keeping her away from any roving sheep]