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striking female corn snake

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care-beare

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My baby corn, her name is jasmine. she keeps striking at me. and i have no idea why. she does this when she has just been fed as well and i go to pick her up to put her in her cage from the feeding one. Chester is our other baby corn and he is so calm. im finding that girls are alot more feisty then males why is this. and why is jasmine striking.
 
Because you are hundreds of times her size, and in nature, big things eat little things. She'll eventually calm down.

Try putting an article of clothing in her cage that you have been wearing for a while without washing it. This will help her get used to your smell, and maybe even give her another hiding place.
 
ShenziSixaxis said:
Try putting an article of clothing in her cage that you have been wearing for a while without washing it. This will help her get used to your smell, and maybe even give her another hiding place.
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Like a shirt or glove. I wouldn't recommend underwear or socks lmao!

Make sure your hands don't smell like another snake or the food item you just gave them. You can wear a glove if you are scared of getting hurt. But like Shenzi said she will get used to the idea that your hand is not going to harm her.
 
K. Rene said:
Like a shirt or glove. I wouldn't recommend underwear or socks lmao!

Make sure your hands don't smell like another snake or the food item you just gave them. You can wear a glove if you are scared of getting hurt. But like Shenzi said she will get used to the idea that your hand is not going to harm her.
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hahaha gross
 
Is she caged with others? If not, you might just try feeding her in her own cage instead of moving her to the "oh boy, if I strike I get food" cage.
 
Some snakes get bitey right after feeding. She is just afraid of you. Picking her up with a stick does not help, it only frightens her more. She needs consistent, gentle handling so she sees you as a safe haven.
 
Nanci, my brother has a 3 or 4 year old female (so I've been told) ball python, and he puts her on the floor to feed her. She's EXTREMELY docile, locks up a bit like any BP, but as soon as she hits the carpet, she strikes at anything that moves. Probably doesn't help that he feeds her live (but he watches, and like I said, outside the viv, so the BP likely will never get badly injured), but my normal corn will also get a bit nippy when I put her in her shoe box that I use to feed both my corns.

It could be that the corn knows that the feeding area is where food pops up.
 
I had a problem with that the first time I fed my baby corn, it seems like after he eats he is on temporary "strike anything that moves!" mode. Now I just leave a big black plastic cup in the feeding box, and use that to transport him out of it and back into the viv when he's finished. He was a little scared of it at first, but after a couple of feeds he started to go for it a few minutes after getting the pinkie down. Maybe you could try this to get rid of the striking after eating? :)
 
questionableintent said:
I had a problem with that the first time I fed my baby corn, it seems like after he eats he is on temporary "strike anything that moves!" mode. Now I just leave a big black plastic cup in the feeding box, and use that to transport him out of it and back into the viv when he's finished. He was a little scared of it at first, but after a couple of feeds he started to go for it a few minutes after getting the pinkie down. Maybe you could try this to get rid of the striking after eating? :)
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I agree with this because it's what I usually encounter when I'm feeding
mine. I feed them in the same containers that I used to transport them in,
and so far neither of them have shown signs of an automatic feeding
response when I put them in the containers to transport them somewhere.
However, when I'm feeding them, they do show signs of "Attacking" anything
that moves after they've taken the first one. . . I feed both of my larger
snakes two smaller sized mice vs the one size they would take for their
size. After the first one is down, they are looking around and smelling the
sides of the cage, and as soon as they see me move up outside the cage
they start to move quickly and ready for the next round. . . . . after they
get the second, I have to calm them down before my hand goes in the
cage to feed them because their head movement is very quick, and they
move toward the slightest movement.

THIS WORKS FOR ME: . . . (suggestion)
I just lift the entire container up with them in it, and tilt it
so that they have a limited area to crawl along. They usually try to crawl
over the nearest edge and get outside the container, and I find it very
easy then to pick them up as They're trying to crawl out . . . .It's
almost like it gives them something else to think about (getting to freedom)
rather than eating. So far I don't have any reactions from them when I put
them in the containers to transport them. They don't go into "Feeding Mode"
just because they're in the containers. I just wash the container out good
and put a cloth mat in there, and some kind of hide, and they don't associate
the container with feeding time.
 
Both of my snakes go into what I'm calling Feeding Mode right after they finish a meal and are looking for more. Whisper, particularly, will go so far as to strike at the side of his (clear plastic) feeding container if my hand happens to come too close to it at that point. Which is cute, but not ideal for handling. My answer is to drape a piece of cloth over the feeding cage to minimize distractions and just let them calm down for 10 or 15 minutes before I transfer them back to their normal homes. It seems to work.
 
Spurticus said:
I agree with this because it's what I usually encounter when I'm feeding
mine. I feed them in the same containers that I used to transport them in,
and so far neither of them have shown signs of an automatic feeding
response when I put them in the containers to transport them somewhere.
However, when I'm feeding them, they do show signs of "Attacking" anything
that moves after they've taken the first one. . . I feed both of my larger
snakes two smaller sized mice vs the one size they would take for their
size. After the first one is down, they are looking around and smelling the
sides of the cage, and as soon as they see me move up outside the cage
they start to move quickly and ready for the next round. . . . . after they
get the second, I have to calm them down before my hand goes in the
cage to feed them because their head movement is very quick, and they
move toward the slightest movement.

THIS WORKS FOR ME: . . . (suggestion)
I just lift the entire container up with them in it, and tilt it
so that they have a limited area to crawl along. They usually try to crawl
over the nearest edge and get outside the container, and I find it very
easy then to pick them up as They're trying to crawl out . . . .It's
almost like it gives them something else to think about (getting to freedom)
rather than eating. So far I don't have any reactions from them when I put
them in the containers to transport them. They don't go into "Feeding Mode"
just because they're in the containers. I just wash the container out good
and put a cloth mat in there, and some kind of hide, and they don't associate
the container with feeding time.
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That's what I do too, so far no problems to report here.
 
As stated before...some snakes tend to bite after feeding. They go through a slight personality change when their stomach is huge and it's harder to move around. Think of a pregnant woman...she's more likely to bite as well ;).
 
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