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I have a 4 ft gopher snake that i can't get to eat anything but fuzzy rats. She just got finished eating 5 fuzzies and has begun to bite herself in the side of her body. They were live and she ate them alive (didn't kill them.) Any ideas on why she may be doing this and if we should be worried

She probably got a little excited over the tasty and sweet smelling (to her) rat pups, smelled them on herself and just got a little carried away. Randy

okay thank you i had just never seen her do that before

I have seen that many times myself as well with snakes in my collection. They just get very over excited with the whole feeding process and take a bite to themselves sometimes.

Kinda like when I eat chicken wings....I go nuts!!!
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dude get a video! that sounds hilarious.