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Old 01-31-16, 02:54 PM   #1
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What's wrong with my King?

So as some of you know I recently scored a great deal on cali king and cage. I posted before about her slow moving open mouthed strikes during feeding. Having never owned a king or seen one feed I didn't know if this was normal. Today during feeding while holding the food inches away from her head to the right she struck at fake log in front of her then proceeded to go the wrong direction quickly, then reversed went under my arm and the wrong way away from the prey. It wasn't until I re positioned my arm and the prey infront of her that she locked on looking at it and struck. She is eager to feed as I only have it there seconds before she is ready starts moving and ready to go but she seems to have trouble finding it. It seemed like she was blind and searching frantically for it. I'm beginning to think she has something wrong in her brain possibly from poor care growing up. If the previous owner had her from a baby snake the lack of heat might have damaged development. Should I be worried she is sick or this just might be how she is? She eats every week, pooped a few times, no sheds yet but only been a month and she is an adult king. She is fairly cage active, moves around, sleeps in the open sometimes, seen her climb decor and use the various hides I have. Other than difficulty feeding she seems like a normal snake. She even appears curious sometimes when I'm in my room and will stare at my and even move forward slightly.
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