BloodyCats
I like cats.
Lately all of my snakes have been hyped up. Increased activity, and definitely increased feeding response. Tonight I was doing the usual cage cleaning, corns first. I have two 2001 corns, male and female I assume- neither has been probed, but looking at tails and what I was told by who I purchased them from, I am pretty sure.
I cleaned female first. She has a temper and hissed a lot as I held her and cleaned up, but no striking and thank god--no musk this time. I "washed" my hands with no soap (my mistake!) before going to the male's cage. He was fine as I let him crawl around my neck and cleaned. Put him back in the cage and woah! He flew back at me faster than I've EVER seen my snakes move. I closed the glass just in time- these two are kept in stacked Visions. He moved up and down the glass, not striking, but definitely trying to get at what he saw moving- my fingers. I had trouble replacing one of the doors because of substrate and he almost flew out. I had to stick my fingers in the other side, wiggle them to get his attention, and then quickly shut the door before he flew out that side. I'm guessing he "smelled" the female and went crazy? They ate less than a week ago, and although spring has brought a healthy appetite to my snakes, nothing like this has happened over thawed mice. Next time I'll clean him FIRST, but I can't imagine what would happen if he got out in such an excited state.
I cleaned female first. She has a temper and hissed a lot as I held her and cleaned up, but no striking and thank god--no musk this time. I "washed" my hands with no soap (my mistake!) before going to the male's cage. He was fine as I let him crawl around my neck and cleaned. Put him back in the cage and woah! He flew back at me faster than I've EVER seen my snakes move. I closed the glass just in time- these two are kept in stacked Visions. He moved up and down the glass, not striking, but definitely trying to get at what he saw moving- my fingers. I had trouble replacing one of the doors because of substrate and he almost flew out. I had to stick my fingers in the other side, wiggle them to get his attention, and then quickly shut the door before he flew out that side. I'm guessing he "smelled" the female and went crazy? They ate less than a week ago, and although spring has brought a healthy appetite to my snakes, nothing like this has happened over thawed mice. Next time I'll clean him FIRST, but I can't imagine what would happen if he got out in such an excited state.