Quote Originally Posted by Zuri Indigo View Post
Yeah my snake the last 2 feeds did this.and he is not young. And it was strange so I'd like to understand this as well. I warmed my rat up as well and the head was warmer I used a heat gun to make sure to check the temp. Idk he will spend like 5 mins checking the rat out up and down.

So here's what he has been doing... he strikes the rat and starts constricting and after I tug the rat slightly to make him feel it's alive (just tiny wiggles) and let go the grip of the tongs and after he feels he has "killed" the rat he then lets go of the rat and just starts checking the entire rat out from head to toe looking as if he's freaking out (my human feelings that don't belong on a snake he might not be freaking out idk he is breathing harder though that's for sure) I was literally about to start a topic on this behavior to see if anyone knew.

Just my luck someone started a similar one. What is this strange behavior?


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Re breathing harder: he's just pumped up..."excited" for having made the kill. And remember that snakes in the wild (instinctively!) know to eat fast...they are more
vulnerable to predators while they are distracted by stuffing their faces, and slowed down (on their way back to a hiding place) when full of food.