Worst feeding night ever.

[Bogertophis]

I got to thank Garret from Reach out Reptiles. He posted the video of how to get a retic to let go by playing with its tail.

I thought about not bothering her and she would let go eventually. But she was biting and squeezing harder by the second almost as if her own movement and pain was triggering her response to fight harder. It took only a couple seconds of me touching her tail for her to let go.

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There's an old joke about the futility of herding cats, but I think trying to herd snakes would be worse. Still, if you ever need to, "playing" with their tail tip gets their attention to move forward- it's probably instinctive, in self-defense, as it's something predators may grab for.

Do share a link to that video though, I'm sure everyone wants to watch it now too.