Quote Originally Posted by Starsonedge
Another one is when I was feeding her. I do this in her cage, I just drop the mouse in and sit back and watch. Well. The mouse was infront of her, and she launched, missed, and attacked the heating pad! She did the whole Strangle/bite dealie to the pad, and my friends all laughed. They said if she was human, she'd be a blonde
She attacked the heating pad because ball pythons hunt by heat signature. The heating pad gave off a stronger heat signature than the mouse and instinctually your snake was confused.

In my opinion it's not such a good idea to keep live electrical appliances inside a snake cage. There's a real risk of electrocution.

-adam