My snakes are missing strikes on dead prey . . .

[MD_Pythons]

I am also having this problem. I am new to being a snake owner, I've only had my banana for a week now. He will strike but not make contact, once he did make contact but didn't hold. Seemed like a defensive strike but I've always been told that ball pythons normally don't strike out of defense so that worries me.
Maybe he's just getting used to his new home, idk.

Instead of replying to a post from 2009, this should go into a new thread. Assuming your husbandry is on point, I'd heat up the feeder again and offer it again a little later.