Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

I love Behira!

She ate tonight. Hadn't eaten in two weeks, which is her schedule now that she is on small rats and weighs 690G empty.

So I put the defrosted and warm F/T rat on tongs, dangle in front of her for a little, and nothing. She looked interested, but didn't strike right away.

So, I did what I have done in the past, put it down in front of her.

She spent 1/2 an hour watching me feed everyone else, looking out the front of her tank, sniffing the air and even the rat, etc.

Finally, she bit into the rat, got really excited, half struck while biting it, bit harder, and coiled it! This time she didn't coil for, seemingly, ever, and started chowing down quickly.

She's a goof, but I love her. Nice to have another snake who happily eats even when I don't shake it for a while to elicit a strike.

My BP, Shayna is so shy, she almost never strikes, and wants the rat put down, and me to walk away. Figment, my corn snake, could care less. If I shake for 1 second, he strikes, if I drop it in, he strikes, etc. He eats anything anytime!

Anyway, very happy she is eating regularly (which she always has) and seems happy. She is really settled in now.