KraftAwakened
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My Morelia spilota harrisoni is about 2 yo and I'm used to feeding him outside of the enclosure (frozen rats). Recently I wanted to switch to doing it inside the enclosure but he started to behave in a strange way:
- 1st time feeding inside the enclosure went without any issues
- 2nd time feeding, a few days later I noticed he was behaving in an unusual way. But he was in his sleeping position but his head was moving around and tracking me so I walked to the enclosure to see what was going on. When I touched the mesh wall next to him he tried to bite me. The next days went without any issue.
- 3rd time feeding, for the next 7-8 days he was awake during the day sitting in the middle of the terrarium in the attack pattern. Each time I was next to the terrarium he would come close to the wall and try to bite me hitting the glass wall of the enclosure.
I want to move to feed him inside the enclosure as moving him around after feeding is becoming difficult. Normally after feeding in his 2nd enclosure he would exit his feeding mode after like 20 minutes but right now after 4 hours, he would still try to eat my hand bitting two times and wrapping around it. But on the other hand, I'm afraid of trying to feed him inside as he becomes impossible to handle after.
Regarding the snake:
He is 480g and 125 cm male with very mellow behavior, you can touch his head or anything and he will not mind. I have had him for around 18 months. He is on the smaller side but healthy, his only issue is being mute. He cannot make any noise outside of gasping like 80yo guy but I checked it with two vets and they said 'it is not a bug it's a feature.
- 1st time feeding inside the enclosure went without any issues
- 2nd time feeding, a few days later I noticed he was behaving in an unusual way. But he was in his sleeping position but his head was moving around and tracking me so I walked to the enclosure to see what was going on. When I touched the mesh wall next to him he tried to bite me. The next days went without any issue.
- 3rd time feeding, for the next 7-8 days he was awake during the day sitting in the middle of the terrarium in the attack pattern. Each time I was next to the terrarium he would come close to the wall and try to bite me hitting the glass wall of the enclosure.
I want to move to feed him inside the enclosure as moving him around after feeding is becoming difficult. Normally after feeding in his 2nd enclosure he would exit his feeding mode after like 20 minutes but right now after 4 hours, he would still try to eat my hand bitting two times and wrapping around it. But on the other hand, I'm afraid of trying to feed him inside as he becomes impossible to handle after.
Regarding the snake:
He is 480g and 125 cm male with very mellow behavior, you can touch his head or anything and he will not mind. I have had him for around 18 months. He is on the smaller side but healthy, his only issue is being mute. He cannot make any noise outside of gasping like 80yo guy but I checked it with two vets and they said 'it is not a bug it's a feature.