I totally think your right...lol just want to do it right lol! And I'm pretty sure it squeaked! Maybe it was more of a forced air out of it when it snipped lol it was lighting fast!!! It wasn't clumsy or lungey like I've seen some...it was like diamond raddler fast! Lol! I like this snake a whole lot though...very curious when I have handled it:-) so is it ok to feed it a live fuzzy rat as scheduled tomorrow? I'm gonna feed in the terrarium. I want to feed live though