BP Bites

[Emily Hubbard]

I have never been bit, my girl is soooo mellow, nothing gets her worked up except rats. She goes from chill, mellow, sweetest snake ever to a complete psychopath as soon as she smells her rat defrosting. Someday, she will tag me when I am trying to feed her, I am sure of it, her feeding response is insane.

In fact, today I wasn't sure where she was in her tank when I slip open the glass. I usually just toss the rat in and let her find it, which takes her all of about 12 seconds just because I know she will tag me if I dangle it in front of her. Well, I opened the glass not knowing where she was and she came FLYING out with her mouth open right at my nose. Didn't get me, I leaped back on the floor, but holy crap, my heart skipped a beat. I closed the glass and opened the other side, threw the rat in, and she struck for my face again, smashed into the glass, spun around, saw her rat and lunged at it. It's like a horror movie, she just strikes at ANYTHING until she hits rat. Nutcase.