I always wonder how snakes have managed to survive thousands of years without any arms or legs. It's simply amazing to me. My King also occasionally strikes at the air once or twice during feeding, but he's a great feeder, never refused a meal (not yet anyway). My BP almost never misses and usually has great aim and gets the head. Then there's my female corn snake, she's a dainty little eater most of the time. She will literally take the feeder off the tongs ever so gently and slowly lower herself to eat. She doesn't even try to constrict most of the time. It's almost like she went through some sort of upper class etiquette training for table manners! Hahahahaha!!! Makes me wonder how such a gentle, beautiful animal could survive in the wild.