Really need help

[Pythoninfinite]

My south west carpet has "fed" with this type of bite many times. I use the "" because often when she's come at the prey with this approach she doesn't end up eating it but just chews it for awhile, let's it go and wanders off. Does anybody else's snake do this? She just noses up to it, sniffs it a little, licks it, sometimes slides over/around it for awhile then slowly opens her mouth and takes a bite, has a few chews and lets it go again. She will do this once/twice/three times then either wander off completely disinterested or slowly take it (VERY slowly) like she doesn't really want it. Is this normal? This is the only snake I've ever had so i have nothing to compare her to

It's not usual for them to begin to eat then reject the meal. The fact that the snake begins to eat would signify hunger to me, but the reason for stopping is not clear. It may be because the enclosure is too cool to elicit a good feeding response, or it may be that you are feeding it too regularly and it is actually not really hungry. We'd need more info to comment usefully, but it is not normal behaviour to do this frequently.

Jamie

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Pythoninfinite, very well said, i had this issue aswell,i wanted a jungle as my first snake because they are great looking snakes.However when i chose a breeder to buy off he told me straight up NO i will not sell you a jungle as your first snake,5 questions asked and answered so i agreed to a bredli,i am so happy i listened to him,(luke at Shiresnakes), even now almost 18 months later i still would not be confident with a jungle.....i have a hypo bredli who is 8 months old and is still snappy,work in progress,and now i have a hypo bredli jag, have had him 3 weeks now and he is already settling down..now i dont want to get shot for this but would it make sense to say if a breeder does'nt have time to handle hatchlings this will give you a snappy snake, who will just take longer to calm down i bought my hypo when he was almost 6 months old so no handling for 6 months,and was told by breeder he feeds his hatchlings every 2-3 days, does this make a snappy snake ?..sorry for the ramble...

Carpet hatchies of all varieties are commonly snappy to begin with - comes with the territory of being small and pretty defenceless. Most settle down, regardless of whether they are handled as babies or not.

Jamie

 

[PythonLegs]

Nobody questioning the temps? Jungles get cranky if they dont have a hot spot to bask and acool end to hide. I've helped a few locals with their 'snappy' jungles and this has been a common theme. Hotspot of 35 imo...if the hottest temp in your enclosure is 30, temps may be contributing.