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Hi everyone,

I have a male stimpson’s python. I've had him for about 8 months and last night I fed him like I usually do exempt this time I had the hardest time trying to get him back into his cage again after he was finished. He coiled around a chair, kept on darting his head out of his cage and just kept on snapping at me like crazy! It took me about ten minuets and many many near misses before I could get him back in. I have never had this problem with him before. I was just wondering what happened and if anyone has ever had this happened to them?

thanks for any light on this

sounds like he was jsut extra hungry! When this happens with my snakes, I will take a piece of paper and put it right in front of their face to distract them, then grab them on the body. It usually works for me, you've just got to be confident and grab them before they have the chance to strike.
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1.0 Spotted Python
1.0 IJ Carpet Python and 0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Macklot's Python
1.0 Variable Kingsnake

I want to thank you for your advice, I guess I should up-grade him to large fuzzy’s or hoppers huh? Next time he does this, I’m grounding him! Haa haa. Well anyway thanks again for the advice.

do you have a full body pic? It looks to me like he could handle a small mouse no problem. My spotted python eats small-medium rats with ease (of course he's an adult, though).

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1.0 Spotted Python
1.0 IJ Carpet Python and 0.1 Jungle Carpet
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Macklot's Python
1.0 Variable Kingsnake

Sounds like a feeding response--he just wanted another
serving!(lol) I have a male childreni who acts the same way after his appropriate meal. Usually I put the lid back on the feeding box until he gets over himself.
rgds,
althea

I want to thank you for your advice, I guess I should up-grade him to large fuzzy’s or hoppers huh? Next time he does this, I’m grounding him! Haa haa. Well anyway thanks again for the advice.

Post a pic with something for size perspective. I'll bet he needs mice not fuzzies.
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This whole group of Pythons: Childrens, Spotted and Stimpson's in the wild eats all they will eat for a whole year in a few months in most natural locations. So like the Childrens Python have moved to inhabited areas so feed for a longer period until the temp gets too low.

So as a group these Pythons have a big appitite.

P.S. The distraction method is the standard method of capturing. A secondary method is to cover the snake, at least the head, with a towel or cloth. Then picking the snake up mid body with the towel or cloth, let the snake move from the cloth to your other hand and let the towel drop away. Avoid pinching the neck, get in the habit of holding the snake by the body not the neck. Most snakes will bite and let go with little damage, unless it is a feeding responce. If bitten resist the reflex of jerking away, it breaks the teeth from the snake [which could lead to infections, mouth infections in snakes could be the death of the snake] and some of thouse teeth will stick in you!

Sorry "So like the Childrens..." should be "Some like the Childrens..."

WOW that was a nice explanation thanks for the insight!!!!