Has anyone heard of a snake bitng it's back and dying or something to that effect? What would it be syptomatic of? Is it possble in a captive bred ball python?
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ball pythons
bradmac247
Jul 25, 2005 03:09 AM
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PHLdyPayne
Jul 25, 2005 02:41 PM
never heard of a snake biting it's own back. However injuries can be caused by either other snakes housed in it's inclosure or leaving live feeders in the cage with them. Possibly a severe feeding response may cause the snake to strike it's own body if it was trying to catch a mouse or rat running over it.
mandora
Jul 28, 2005 03:52 PM
I used to work at science north, and we had a milksnake that during feeding time grabbed his own tail instead of the mouse, and started to eat himself....
