so, i was doing my monthly tank cleaning this afternoon, changing the whole substrates, wiping tank's wall etc. my 6yo daughter asked to play with her snake and few minutes later she was crying saying that Bally bit her. when i came into the room, the snake is in ready-to-strike position, eyes on you, no flicking tongue, head high.
i was trying to figure out why did she tag her because our noodle is usually very docile. she doesn't even get pissy when my daughter stroke her head nor picking her up when she's busy exploring etc.
while cleaning her wound, i noticed that her hand was smelling of raw egg. she was eating quail eggs shortly before. i remember telling her to wash her hands and maybe she wasn't washing thoroughly that the smell was still there.
is it possible that it was because of that? just curious...and to not repeat it in the future.
anyway, after much crying on my daughter part (mostly because she's shocked that her beloved pet-friend bit her), i asked her whether she'd done something to piss her off. she said that she didn't recall any.
just now (5 hours after) i took our noodle out. she was totally relax on my palm, i stroked her head to see how she reacted and as usual she just didn't even escape it. then i called my daughter and asked her to gently pet the noodle from behind, she was hesitant but touched our noodle nonetheless.
i explained to my daughter once again that it wasn't the snake's intention to bit her. that Bally most probably was just confusing her with food. also reminding her again about respecting the snake and not doing something to piss the snake off.




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