First constriction

[CosmicOwl]

I thought I would post this because I was fairly excited when it happened. My grey rat snake is a bottomless pit, but oddly doesn't have much of a feeding response. He'll often spend quite a while investigating and tasting his food before gingerly biting it. Occasionally, he will give a little strike; never more than that though. Tonight was a different story. Perhaps it was the fact that the mice were slightly bloody when they were thawed, but he meant business from the moment he saw them. In a second he had struck the mouse and constricted it. This is the first time he has ever attempted to "kill" his prey and I was actually proud of him.