Scarlette - 2022 Colombian BCI

[Bogertophis]

Offered her food last night and she struck once, coiled, and then dropped it. Offered again, she didn't strike. Left the mouse in over night and she didn't eat. I'm thinking this is because of handling, I'm going to slow down on that/handle her less. Going to delay moving her to the 10 gal. We'll see how she does next week.

Eating & growth always outranks handling. Handling commonly puts snakes off eating- or maybe she's going into a shed cycle that she can feel -but you cannot yet see signs of. Handling that's not bothersome for one snake may well be too much for another- they all have their own personality.