Mood Swing

[Python420]

Well I just went to go check on my girl (rebel) and as soon as I got close to her tank her head poped out quicker then ****. I stayed by the cage and she is coming closer and closer to the tank in strike mode. So I back up not wanting her to strike at the glass. She started going the other way I walked back up to the tank and she came right back at me. Don't know what her problem is. She just got done eating yesterday so she might not wanna be messed with right now.

[python.princess]

She just got done eating yesterday so she might not wanna be messed with right now.

that would be my guess!

[shhhli]

Well I just went to go check on my girl (rebel) and as soon as I got close to her tank her head poped out quicker then ****. I stayed by the cage and she is coming closer and closer to the tank in strike mode. So I back up not wanting her to strike at the glass. She started going the other way I walked back up to the tank and she came right back at me. Don't know what her problem is. She just got done eating yesterday so she might not wanna be messed with right now.

pms?

nah its normal. my male, early when i joined here and i didnt know they get testy at shed time, went a bit loopy on me, getting into strike mode etc. food + a possible shed may be it.

[Python420]

She just got done with her shed Monday. It was not that big of a meal I didn't even notice a lump after she ate the adult mouse.

[GirDance]

How old is she??? Maybe she's getting to that sexually mature phase and is just um... pissy

[Python420]

She is 6 - 9 months old. Don't know for sure...

[GirDance]

Definitely not that then!... Maybe she just thought you were food...

[Python420]

Maybe older not for sure though. She eats adult mice and ready to go to rat pups. I got her from a pet store so there was my 1st misteak. My next is coming from a breeder...

[bearhart]

If you don't feed them enough they stay wound up. Sounds like you are underfeeding. Esp if she skipped a meal after a shed.

I just went through the same thing. My carpet finished shedding (so he missed feeding day). I fed him a large rat and he owned it so bad the cage looked like a murder scene. After that he stayed up for about two hours looking around for another one. He was really wound.

If you're feeding so small you don't even see a bulge then your snake might be seriously hungry. Feed her enough so that she goes to bed for a day or two.

[bearhart]

Maybe older not for sure though. She eats adult mice and ready to go to rat pups. I got her from a pet store so there was my 1st misteak. My next is coming from a breeder...

I would just start feeding multiple mice.