necromantica
05-18-2008, 11:06 PM
Ok so I have a male blizzard cornsnake, and yes he is a blizzard I got him from a respected breeder with his history.
But I am concerned about his behavior today.
See today is his sceduled feeding day, he is almost a year old.
He just went through a large growth spurt the last few weeks and has tripled in size.
Its been verry hot and bright out.
I have never had problems feeding him before. I have been spending all day trying to feed him a small verry verry small live rat pup.
But he seems to have lost his MIND.
hes never been agressive NEVER and I hold him and socialize with him on a regular basis.
He wont feed, He tries to strike over and over at the rat pup but once it touches the bottom of the tank its like he doesnt even know its their???
The entire day he has been attacking everything All I do is look at him from outside his cage and he gets into the strike position. Hes been rattling his tail all day hes never done that before either.
I tried to tease him with the pup a few more times ya know just in case his aim was just off right???
but I noticed hes not even hitting the rat pup at all he will strike and bite my hand my tongs a pen!
I dunno if this is mabie a hormonal issue with his sudden growth???
or mabie the light from outside with his pink eyes hes having problems seeing???
he is extremely etchy and wont seem to relax its been hours upon hours and every tiny noise and he goes ballistics!
Im not sure what to do because all he wants to do is attack me??
Im not afraid of him biting it doesnt hurt I just dont know how to handle this situation lol. I havent bothered him enuff for it to be stress and theirs little activity around the house I dont see anything that could overwhelm him.
But i know i need to get him to eat soon, hes been verry active too climbing to the top of the cage and trying to find a way out like he does when hes trying to tell me hes hungry.
But I am concerned about his behavior today.
See today is his sceduled feeding day, he is almost a year old.
He just went through a large growth spurt the last few weeks and has tripled in size.
Its been verry hot and bright out.
I have never had problems feeding him before. I have been spending all day trying to feed him a small verry verry small live rat pup.
But he seems to have lost his MIND.
hes never been agressive NEVER and I hold him and socialize with him on a regular basis.
He wont feed, He tries to strike over and over at the rat pup but once it touches the bottom of the tank its like he doesnt even know its their???
The entire day he has been attacking everything All I do is look at him from outside his cage and he gets into the strike position. Hes been rattling his tail all day hes never done that before either.
I tried to tease him with the pup a few more times ya know just in case his aim was just off right???
but I noticed hes not even hitting the rat pup at all he will strike and bite my hand my tongs a pen!
I dunno if this is mabie a hormonal issue with his sudden growth???
or mabie the light from outside with his pink eyes hes having problems seeing???
he is extremely etchy and wont seem to relax its been hours upon hours and every tiny noise and he goes ballistics!
Im not sure what to do because all he wants to do is attack me??
Im not afraid of him biting it doesnt hurt I just dont know how to handle this situation lol. I havent bothered him enuff for it to be stress and theirs little activity around the house I dont see anything that could overwhelm him.
But i know i need to get him to eat soon, hes been verry active too climbing to the top of the cage and trying to find a way out like he does when hes trying to tell me hes hungry.