I fed whiskey like 2 days ago after he ate and had the fuzzy down good i put him back in his tank.. I went to change his water an the lil butt head gave me a tail rattle.. that is the first time I have seen any aggression expressed from him... Now I havent fooled with him much during the winter cuz its cold in my house and I didnt want his body temp to change to much and fast... so do you think I ruined him or was it just cuz he just ate? he never did me that before
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Ok so I got a tail Rattle
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Nanci
Alien Lover
Don't think of a tail rattle as a sign of aggression. It's more like- I'm busy eating, don't bug me. I'm busy sleeping, don't bug me. I'm in my comfortable home, don't bug me. Nearly every one of my snakes rattles. I'd be shocked if it was ever followed up by a bite. Now if a snake makes its head into a triangle shape, or arches up into an S-shape- that's a serious warning!
EsotericForest
Night Shadow
I think snakes will curl their neck into an S at times, but not so much in an aggressive way. For example, sometimes when I'm holding my corn he'll just be looking around and curl his neck into an S sometimes. When they're doing the S curve and being aggressive about it, you sure can tell though...it's not like snakes don't tend to give plenty of warning haha.
Regards,
Josh
Teddy Roosevelt
i loev cronsankes
I think they sometimes do it when they're nervous perhaps because they'd rather have a potential threat hurt their body than their head. As for Nanci's picture, that's a definite "leave me alone NOW!".
Carinata
Ever Evolving Exotics
Tail rattleing is nothing to worry about! Baby corns are naturally very wary of their surroundings. My baby bloodreds do that all the time so did my other babies. Heck, even Doc my granite tail rattles. They are just doing what rattlesnakes took 1 step further in the evolutionary timeline.
carnivorouszoo
Crazy Critter Lady
Tail rattling isn't agression its just the snake saying hey you seem to be threatening me and I don't like it. Just means they want to be left alone. Nah agression is more like rapid striking.
bitsy
Owned by Corns since 1991
It's defensive rather than aggressive. He was just a bit spooked and tried to threaten you to scare you off and protect himself. Very cute!
Don't worry - you'll learn what makes them nervous as you go along and then you can just do it differently next time. He's not your enemy for life, he just wanted whatever it was at that moment, to stop happening.
Don't worry - you'll learn what makes them nervous as you go along and then you can just do it differently next time. He's not your enemy for life, he just wanted whatever it was at that moment, to stop happening.