Quote Originally Posted by bsd13 View Post
One of my snakes does almost the same thing and I figured out if I grab the mouse with the tongs right after he constricts, heat it up under the lamp for 20-30 seconds and do it again he'll usually take it the 2nd time. Though once it did take 3 tries

My snake has done something similar a few times. Like the above poster I re-warmed the mouse and offered it again and he took it.

There have also been a couple of times when he will strike and constrict and sometimes even "mouth" it a little, but then just leave it and nothing I do induces him to eat it. The first time I think it might have been because it was the second mouse I had offered him during that feeding and he maybe he decided he didn't want another one after all. Second time he was going into shed and I didn't realize it until the next day when I saw his blue eyes. He constricted--maybe out of instinct?--but didn't eat. Of course, each of these times he ate normally at his next feeding so it wasn't an ongoing problem.

So basically the snake strikes, constricts, but then doesn't eat, and has been doing this for 4 weeks? Sounds like he wants to eat but maybe it is something related to the prey itself that is turning him off? Size, temp, smell, I don't know. I should also add that I'm a pretty new snake owner and don't have much experience so I'm totally guessing here