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    Something funny I have found about my Ball

    I just fed my BP yesterday a medium mice about 20g, the mice are fully white and there is something he will always do when he is going in for the strike he will move quick then slow and slowly go into the S shape today I noticed his head just poking out of his hide, just cause i was bored i got some white paper towel scrunched it up and started to throw it up my wall (I was really bored) and then i dropped it just on the side where my balls tub is and i noticed he started coming out so i got intrigued and put it right in front of him outside of the tub and moved quickly then slow coming out of his hide and slowly went into the S shape like he does when he is about to strike his prey, any thoughts on this?

    anyway i just wanted to share this, Thanks for reading
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    He think it is food. they imprint of food. Could be. He might have thought you where feeding him.

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    As much as people say that snakes need smell to sense food, they will also visually identify it quite a bit. He saw a white ball, about the size of a mouse, and it was moving. He probably wouldn't strike without the smell but he was getting ready in case it was dinner.
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    or you scared the bejeezers out of the snake and it got into a defensive posture...lol

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    Re: Something funny I have found about my Ball

    Quote Originally Posted by snakesRkewl View Post
    or you scared the bejeezers out of the snake and it got into a defensive posture...lol

    The day a snake thinks a piece of paper is food is the day I switch food types
    I never said i thought it was food, i just found it like weird but cool how he did it but when my snake gets scared he never gets defensive he freaks out and flies into his hide lol
    Last edited by SRMD; 08-08-2012 at 12:59 PM.
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