Snake jerks violently away from thawed mouse, what the heck?!
My four year old ( female?) corn acted really weird last time we fed her. Have only had her since late Feb, and she's been through two sheds and some mating behavior, so I feel like we don't really know what's normal for her yet. But last time I fed her I thawed the mouse and held it by her hide like I'd previously done. She was interested right away and came out to take a look. This time, though, instead of grabbing it, she bumped her nose against the mouse and then jerked away from it. She did this several times, sometimes bonking her head against the side of the aquarium. The she opened her mouth and began to mouth the bottom of the aquarium, and then her own coils! Eventually she took the mouse and ate it. What the heck? I have no idea what I was seeing! She did go into the milk stage coloring about a week after this, if that is any clue. I'm about to feed her again tonight and will see what happens. Any ideas? She's acting fine otherwise, as far as I can tell.
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