Well it sounds like she'll be okay & I'm glad- her reaction was not unlike you or I having a similar accident that knocks the wind out of us & probably hurts- it's startling for sure, both to her & to anyone watching the trauma. It's best to try to prevent all such collisions, obviously, but now & then, stuff like this happens- it can be hard to predict, except with those that always respond with similar violence. It reminds me of the large & always-hungry powerhouse female BCI that I had for many years. It was hard to open her enclosure & get the rat (on tongs) IN quickly enough.
And at least once I had trouble getting my TONGS back!
With future meals, be careful when you reach in for her water bowl- sometimes I swear that snakes are psychic about when we're planning to feed, so she might "settle" for your hand?
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