I rescued one that had been treated for mites with flea spray. Obviously it's skin was horrible and cracked down to the fat layer in places. He ate weird and targeted poorly util he recovered from the toxins. He now eats normally most of the time. I also have an older king snake that will bite itself like that on occasion. No reason that we know of. If you stick to prekilled and let the snake find them it will reduce some of the problems associated with catching a moving object. Just had a hatchling ball wrap around a mouse and hang on...I figure ok its gonna eat and I don't check again until morning...it is still sitting there wrapped tightly around the now yucky mouse. My hubbie laughs and said I am just a magnet for the "abby normals"! Good luck with it.

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