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I just went to feed my female lavender cal king.

She was burried under the substrate - as I dug her free, she had her tail firmly in her mouth - I had to dip her in the water to get her to release.

Last time she did it - she struck at live prey and missed, grabbing her tail. I have no clue what prompter her to do it this time - I do know I almost lost my hand giving her her f/t meal.

I think she's a few fries short of a happy meal.
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I decided my old sig was too big.

Don't let this happen to you. lol

Remember this photo?

WOW!!! I've never seen anything like that before.
Thanks for the post; Bob
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R.Bichlers Colubrids
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Whoa!! That snake got pretty far.... did it survive?
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Aubrey Ross

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From what I hear, yes. I found that photo on another forum.

The old saying....."Chopping your own nose off in spite of your face", but that's ridiculous!!.LOL!

I've had snake's bite themselves accidentally in a frenzy to grab prey, but NEVER to that extent!

~Doug

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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

I think she's a few fries short of a happy meal.

feeding response is ON here in Fla. also i had a big king (sulfer Lav) came flyin out and grabbed his drawer and wouldnt let go for what seemed like 5 minutes.

mean by no means,just frigin hungry

My 4' amel cal latched onto me and would not let go until I got the scope - but this lavender cal king is the only one I have that has bitten herself and not let go - and she's done it to herself twice now.
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I decided my old sig was too big.

I posted on this subject awhile back. Here it is again, just for fun...

Posted by: Rivets55 at Tue Aug 15 22:05:23 2006

I had a strapping big male eastern awhile back. He was "An old pet," as my wife described him. He was also a bottomless pit and rapacious eater. Once he got so excited (at feeding time) he accidentally bit his tail.

He knew something had him by the tail, and he was desperately trying to pull his tail away from whatever had it. At the same time, he had something to eat (a snake!) in his mouth and he wasn't about to let it go! We watched him tug-of-war with himself and generally thrash about for what seemed like 20 minutes. At some point, a light went on dimmly, and he decided he needed to spit out whatever it was he had ahold of, so he could deal with whatever it was had ahold of him. It took him another 5 minutes to yank his firmly embedded teeth out of his tail.

At the moment of release he seemed frustrated and genuinely puzzled. He'd got his tail free, but the snake he'd had ahold of had got away! We nearly died laughing!

About 2 weeks later I was holding him and happened to feel something sharp in the skin on his tail. With tweezers and a magnifying glass, I extracted one perfectly formed, needle sharp tooth! It was suprisingly small - about 3/32nds of an inch.

Cheers,

John D

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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.1 Eastern Kingsnakes

that is halarious!!!! did you keep the tooth!?!?
~kin
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~Sober Serpents~
Corns, Creamsicles, A Black Rat, Thayeri, Cal Kings, A Jungle Corn(Just A Pet), A Bearded dragon, Leopard Geckos, Green Anoles, a Snapping turtle, and a white cheeked mud turtle

>>that is halarious!!!! did you keep the tooth!?!?
>>~kin

Ya know, I think I did for a while. I seem to vaguely remember a tiny tooth in a bottle. My memory being what it is now, I'd have to say...ummm...

JPD

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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.1 Eastern Kingsnakes

Ya know, I've heard of biting the hand that feeds you... but... biting the tail that poops out.... er... wow. Was it a "blonde" eastern king?
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Holly

0.1 Lavender California Kingsnake (Lizzie Borden) (missing )
1.0 Florida Kingsnake possible mix (Eddie Gein)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Charley Manson)
1.0 Orange Marmalade Cat (Oliver)
1.0 Egyptian Arabian (Bagan)

2.0 Toddlers (Justice & Trevor)

>>Ya know, I've heard of biting the hand that feeds you... but... biting the tail that poops out.... er... wow. Was it a "blonde" eastern king?
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>>Holly

He was definitely yellow-blond on brown.

Poor guy...he was sooo confused...he almost grabbed his tail again, so I gave him another rat. Man he was fast and hit hard.

Gotta love that Kingattitude!!

JPD

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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake
0.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.1 Eastern Kingsnakes