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Even Stranger Dumeril's Behavior

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Posted by: FireStrings85 at Wed Jan 16 10:43:05 2008  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by FireStrings85 ]  
   

I picked up my female Dumeril this morning (under a year old) and I set her down on my desk by my lap top while I was doing some work and when I stood up she just started snapping in my general direction. Her head was cocked and her breathing was hard. I was nervous about picking her up (they strike very fast) so I grabbed oven mits, picked her up, and put her back in the tank. During her recent shed I think she had a bit of trouble because there is some leftover skin over one of her eye caps. I am wondering that maybe when I stood up she confused me for a predator, and the heat of the lap top disoriented her, and maybe she's feeling more vulnerable with the piece of skin over part of her eye (what can I do about that, wait until next shed?). What do you think caused this strange snapping at me though?


   

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