Quote Originally Posted by lovetoy
My baby girl eats live mice. Yes, I know, I know, but she has always refused p/k and t/f, and I frankly love to watch her attack the little boogers. The problem arises from an incident that occurred about a month ago. I was doing some research on feeding, and thought I might ought to try to get her started on prekilled before she gets big enough to do some damage. She has never struck at me, but better safe than sorry, I figured. I suffocated the mouse, and used tongs to dangle it to get her attention. I dropped the mouse when she struck at it, but she continued to strike at the tongs instead of the mouse! My husband thought it was hilarious, he said she thought I was trying to steal her dinner. Since that night, I have continued to feed her stunned, but live mice. It scared me no end when she continued to strike at the tongs, because I was afraid she'd hurt herself (her teeth) on the tongs. What do you guys think? (Her birthday is April 15, 2007 if her age matters)
Sounds like your snake got robbed in the gene pool. But seriously, striking the tongs? Not the brightest snake.