This girl is dumber than a box of rocks, and I'm insulting rocks with that statment

[SlitherinSisters]

Methinks she has king snake in her ancestry...

Lol she might!

That is a good pic
I've heard of horror stories feeding live but that takes first prize lol.

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That's no kidding, this is way more dangerous than feeding live, lol.

I have a 3000g+ girl that does this from time to time. She loves to eat and just goes for it. :p

I splash a little water on her to get her to release herself.

Really? I have never seen this happen!

I can sometimes get my miraculously dumb cat to attack his own tail (I tied a feather to the end of it once and he could NOT figure out what was going on) but even he realizes something is wrong when he bites it and feels pain. He then stops biting and starts licking, as though he's trying to soothe and apologize to it.

But THIS, this takes the cake.

Lol that's too funny.

Most Snakes are not exactly the Einsteins of the animal kingdom but that's even dumber then usual.

Touche, lol

I wonder if she's blind and running on heat alone and can't see herself well via pits?

I have no idea. She acts crazy when I touch her too. I avoid touching her at all cost because she flails around and corkscrews. I'm wondering if she was shipped with hand warmers rather than an actual shipping heat pack.

I think it's pretty funny actually. Silly snake! lol

I do think it's funny now, lol. In the moment I thought she was going to kill herself!

That is too funny!! Snakes are so entertaining. Hopefully she figures it out someday lol.


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Well she's an '09 soooo she's had a few years to figure it out already, lol.

Hah! This made me chuckle. There's a short tailed python here at the warehouse that's almost as dumb - she consistently tries constricting the feeding tongs instead of her rat, and has constricted her own head a time or two.

-Jen

Oh my gosh, that's insane. Some poeple's snakes.... lol

She probably does feel the pain of her own bite, but most likely cannot register that it is her causing the pain. Most likely thinks she has the prey and it is defending itself for what life it has left. She could possibly be blind, or may have a gene problem. I have heard that if snakes are inbreed for too long that eventually they will start developing "issues" like the one you are describing.

Good luck! Hope she gets better eventually haha

She had 4 puncture wounds on her belly that were bleeding by the time she was done. I'm guessing she thought it was the prey biting her too

From a snake perspective, I feel bad for the girl! You insult her and she's probably cognitively or physically challenged...
From a person perspective, this is so adorable! It's just way too goofy. I love it! But I bet you don't love having to pry her off of... herself...



As someone on here once said, "snake's gonna snake."

Lol, it is funny now that she's fine! Our house is full of handianimals. We have a handicat who is blind, another hanicat with a broken back, and now apparently a handisnake with god knows what issues.

I have to go through this all the time with my old hoggie girl

Really?!? That is so weird.

Please tell me you have an awesome name for this special lady.

Lol, no name. Actually none of my snakes have names.

[SnowShredder]

Too funny! I love the teeth shot

[Shera]

Yeah... lol. I have put up with her nonsense for a year now and have narrowly avoided being slashed many times as she flies past me.


It did make for a good photo op of teeth! The other pics where on my phone, I forgot I had this one on my camera

Silly girl, but this is a great teeth pic! I was trying to google a close up tooth shot a couple of weeks ago and it's hard to find a clear image. My daughter was curious as to what their teeth looked like which is why I was looking, so thanks for this pic

[SlitherinSisters]

Silly girl, but this is a great teeth pic! I was trying to google a close up tooth shot a couple of weeks ago and it's hard to find a clear image. My daughter was curious as to what their teeth looked like which is why I was looking, so thanks for this pic

It is so hard to find a good picture of their teeth! I always keep an eye out for good pictures to show people when they ask, so I was pretty excited about the opportunity! She's a small adult too, if that helps. She's an '09, I've only been able to put 300 grams on her in the year I've had her, she's 1,000 grams now.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Never seen it with any of my BP but my colubrids do it on a regular basis (basically hit and miss turning into biting themselves )

[Monty the BP]

She really is... I have taken videos of me trying to fed her it's that bad! I'll have to see if I can find a good video to upload, or I can just take a new one the next time I feed her It's literally an ordeal every time. She's supposedly a het albino female and I got her super cheap because she's wacko. Let me tell you, they weren't kidding!

Our last feeding experience....


Usually she just launches past the rodent, this time her body somehow got in the way, so she tried to constrict herself. She has earned herself a bottom floor tub because of the launching issue.

I tried prying her mouth open, but that didn't do any good


So then I thought, well maybe I can distract her from constricting herself with a mouse. Nope! She just threw an extra coil around it.... She attempted murdering herself for 10 minutes before she let go and we started all over. Oh and she made herself bleed!

Maybe she is blind and has no senses, that's the only thing I could think LOL

[vankmen.]

Both my womas do this all the time. They will be constricting a rat then feel their tail moving on their own body. Turn around and bite onto themselves while still constricting the rat. Some snakes are just special little guys ; )

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

Wow,that's awesome,lol

thats the type of snake I'm shocked I don't have,cause that's just how it goes with me,lol

[Archimedes]

Magnus' first rat after a lifetime of mice (this was back when he was about 150-200g, mind you) caused this type of a feeding response. Interestingly enough, it was after the initial strike and while he was trying to figure out which end was which. I guess everything smelled like rat, including his own abdomen...


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[SlitherinSisters]

Never seen it with any of my BP but my colubrids do it on a regular basis (basically hit and miss turning into biting themselves )

Lol that's too weird! I guess colubrids are a little more violent/quick. Idk why a bp would do it

Maybe she is blind and has no senses, that's the only thing I could think LOL

I'm not sure, but she goes crazy when I touch her too, which I guess not being able to see what is touching her could make her overreact.

Both my womas do this all the time. They will be constricting a rat then feel their tail moving on their own body. Turn around and bite onto themselves while still constricting the rat. Some snakes are just special little guys ; )

That's too weird!

Wow,that's awesome,lol

thats the type of snake I'm shocked I don't have,cause that's just how it goes with me,lol

Lol no kidding. It figures I would end up with an 'extra special' snake.

Magnus' first rat after a lifetime of mice (this was back when he was about 150-200g, mind you) caused this type of a feeding response. Interestingly enough, it was after the initial strike and while he was trying to figure out which end was which. I guess everything smelled like rat, including his own abdomen...


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Crazy snakes...