I wouldnt worry too much (yet) w/ your new little nipper, at that size they probably cant hurt you. Handle it 3-5x between feedings w/ clean hands & hopefully it'll turn out tame & mellow. These habituated feeding bites are such a pain w/ CB snakes..they just havent had the opportunity to learn...not everything is food! It must be hilarious in nature to see them learn some things will bite back! Yours non constricting is a bit odd by my experience...mine still full wraps an f/t mouse! Njoy it, thats an unusual snake in NA collections



Posted by: bloodycoils72 at Tue Oct 11 03:17:23 2005

O.k.-o.k.; I was wondering if these mu's were gonna start wiggin out, because mine has basically stopped constricting and is "relying" solely on envenomating it's prey snakes. For example, 2 wkends ago, I offered him a 16in. ribbon. He missed the head and grabbed the tail after the cloaca and began to chew. The ribbon did a death roll and twisted it's tail dam near off. he still refused to constrict for nearly an hour and a half. The ribbon stopped struggling, so he (mu) decides to let go and get the head, the ribbon struck at him at the same moment mu struck. Only now that they're "head" locked did he constrict. My point is..is he going to become dangerous at a certain age or length? I don't bother him much, but I use extreme caution and make sure he's pretty well fed, and that sun is bright before I open his enclosure.DEFINETLY SPOOKED NOW!
Hassan

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