1st Feeding Attempt Fails!

[Mark Jones]

Ok. I tried to feed my BCI today.
I moved it from it's habitat to a box we set aside strictly for feeding and let her, (I'm gonna call the snake 'her' until I know different.), settle in for a bit. Then I added one live hopper mouse to the box. Nothing much happened for the first 5 minutes. Then she struck at the mouse four times - each time it came near her - but never once made contact. In fact, she never seemed into it. Just seemed pissed at the mouse for being there rather than hungry. I've seen a lot of snakes feed, both in captivity and in the wild, and there seems to be an 'intent' to their pose that my snake never had. We've had her since last Saturday and she seems in good health. I have no idea when she was fed last.

What do ya think? Not hungry? Food too big? (She's 18 nches) Try dead? Poor hunter? Eh?

She came out of her hiding hole today and soaked in her dish for over an hour before retiring again. Would that have anything to do with it?

Thx!
~M*
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