Wiggles, the Children's Python

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Good news! Wiggles has progressed to stage three of his target training. Tonight, he locked on the target and started moving toward it. He did so well I thought he might just skip over stage three and go to stage four, but I didn't want to be greedy, so I rewarded him after he moved toward the target.

Now, the bad news. The second session didn't go so well. After he ate the hopper in the first training, he ducked into his warm hide. I wasn't sure I would be willing to do another session. Eating two items is new for him and I wasn't sure he'd have any interest in a second one. Well, I was wrong.

He came right back out of his hide, so I decided to do another training session with a pinkie. He didn't show a strong interest in the target. I suppose his interest is directly proportional to his hunger. So, I just dangled the pinkie in front of the target. He sniffed the pinkie, but turned and launched at my hand. Just a quick tag.

My theory is that the pinkie had cooled between sessions. He smelled mouse but struck at the warmest thing, my hand. You live, you learn (I've been sayin' that a lot lately). Next time, I'll rewarm the pinkie and wear my gloves.