Quote Originally Posted by Pyrate81 View Post
If he bites again, he's probably still hungry. Not eating for a month will do that. If you can, try to find out how often and number of prey items the previous owner was offering. Your guy may take more for a couple feedings then taper off.

Example: When I bring a new snake home, the first 2-3 feedings are to test how much it wants to eat. So the first feeding I'll offer 1 prey item appropriately sized. Second feeding I'll offer 2 items of the same size. Third feeding I'll offer 2 again. If the snake takes one and leaves the 2nd I know it'll be a 1 prey item snake for the time being and occasionally offer a 2nd when it starts getting bigger. If it takes 2, then on the 4th feeding I offer a 3rd prey item assuming it'll leave the 3rd one alone. The third or fourth feeding is when I really find out what the snake is going to eat on a weekly/bi-weekly basis.
Well he has bitten again. On Sunday my son went to handle the snake, petted him gently and picked him up. He said the snake reared around and bit him on his forearm. He never told me that he was bitten so when I came home on Sunday it looks as if he was hungry and fed him another small rat and he took it. I am really start to question a snake that he previous owner said he has never been bitten by and me, my fiancee' and my son have all been bitten by....