It's hard to say Casey. I do think sometimes when they miss or mess up they do regroup a bit. If you think about it, in nature if a snake went for a live prey item and missed, the prey would like run off and then the snake would have to wait again (being that they are ambush predators by nature). So maybe it's just a function of instinct at work.

I've also had snakes strike, miss and smack their nose on the side of the tub. That will put some of them off and they won't even hunt again that night. It's not common to have that happen, just occasionally and usually with younger snakes that are still developing their hunting skills.

I'd say to just keep an eye on her over the next few feeds and see how it goes. It may be that you need to get that prey a tad warmer to help her zero in on it more accurately. Sometimes a blast with a good hot hair dryer will bump it up just enough to do the trick.