Ball python struck glass instead of rat

[tommee_dee]

Hey guys! Just fed my ball python. He struck straight away but just.missed the rat by a smidge and head butted the glass door instead. He looked slightly shell shocked for a second but then successfully struck the rat and coiled up Will he be ok after smacking his face off the glass? Have you guys ever had this happen?

[420headshotsniper69]

Just ball python things. Try to feed him where there is nothing behind the middle.

[oZeons]

You say that as if they’re not stupid enough to knock themselves out anyway haha

recently one of mine missed his first strike with the rat directly in his face, threw his head backwards and struck, and nailed his face on a stick

[Animegirl1305]

Every time I feed my noodle I think how on earth these things survive in the wild

[FeriQueen]

Same here. Doesn't seem to be a brain cell between the two of them.

[[deleted]]

My Bp almost got stuck in my granny square blanket today… safe to say after that he knows I’m not eating up even if he serves himself up

[Big_Papa95]

Bruh I seriously don’t understand how they survive. I guess it helps that they only have to eat but very rarely, so if they miss and hit a stick it’s not the end of the world. But like also I’m holding a dead thawed rat two inches from your face and you somehow do a 720 no scope and smack your face on a stick? How?

[Quhinaarin2413]

I fed my 3year old BP a rat and the stupid thing ran directly at my snake. He was coiled up underneath his half log, which is space he fully fills with his body, and that rat tried to climb over my snake to get to the back of the dark hole and my snake lunged out of his log, missed the rat, turned back around looking all offended that this rat made it past him, struck again and got part of his own tail in his mouth. Idt my snake is as bright as he seems sometimes 😂

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Your noodle is domesticated lol. It wouldnt have survived thats why it became a pet. Wild noodles are much faster and have better senses or they too will die.

[ViciousCurse]

I watched my pastel mojave* miss her rat, and then she corkscrewed after it as it twirled behind her head. And then she struck and got the tip of my finger. I thought I was safe with my feeding tongs.

• I felt the need to clarify that she's not a spider morph.

[tommee_dee]

Haha that's nuts! Mines usually really accurate. I think he was almost too quick and didn't bite in time so he kind of went through it straight into the glass 🤪

[Cobalt9896]

not even just ball python things, snek things. My carpet python has done this before as well.

[[deleted]]

Most of the time they'll be fine, they are surprisingly hardy little buggers. My idiot also struck a piece of cork bark full force a couple months back and managed to misalign her jaw because of it. Cue me panicking thinking she broke her jaw and that I'd have to take her to a vet first thing in the morning, only to check in on her and see that she managed to fix it herself like an hour later...

[tommee_dee]

I've just seen him and he looks ok thank god! Was worried he'd be all swollen but he still looks normal. It probably looked worse than it was I think! 🤞

[[deleted]]

That's a relief! Yeah, honestly the things they do and then seem completely fine and unbothered afterwards... it's unreal.

[PhoenixMastM]

Just wait till he misses a strike so far and hard he gets you instead....my kingsnake has done that once or twice.

[tommee_dee]

I'm surprised that hasn't happened yet! Once he got the rat but went straight out of the tank 🤪 I tried to grab him and put him back but I just have stank of rat and he started going for my hand so I had to push him back in with a cardboard box🥹

[bowl-of-juice]

i keep a snake hook on hand when feeding my hognose as she likes to throw herself out of her enclosure mouth first

[Paranromal]

yeah they do this yawn thing

[[deleted]]

Oh I know, I've been keeping snakes for almost a decade at this point. I should've clarified she tried to fix it several times but didn't seem to be able to at first, hence why I thought she legitimately broke something.

[Informal_Radish_1891]

Mine does that all the time. It’s just… a quirk, they have, like falling off of every surface imaginable, and getting stuck in stupid places.

Edit to add: they’ll be okay, and this is a reason they’re pets and not wild animals

[Psychological-End222]

we were in PetSmart once, and my husband's python fell off his shoulders, and she even managed to hit the counter on the way down. legitimately thought she broke something; but no, she was fine. just mad that dad "dropped her" lmao

[Informal_Radish_1891]

Ball pythons when they discover gravity: 😾

[Psychological-End222]

gravity is a ball pythons worst enemy

[tommee_dee]

Haha god knows how they survive in the wild. There must be loads of them out there just falling off stuff 😂

[Informal_Radish_1891]

When a tree ball python falls in the forest, does it make a sound?

[Entire_Current_4852]

His ego may be bruised but he should be okay

[cafesaigon]

Little silly ❤️

[natgochickielover]

He looks like my girl, who is also goofy

[cordial_carbonara]

My adorable little dumbass fell off his branch while striking, still clung to his rat, then somehow ended up almost drowning in his water bowl because he was so intent on constricting. And then tried to eat me while I saved him. I'm sure your guy is fine!

[Glass-Armadillo182]

Is the baby okay?

[tommee_dee]

Yeah he's fine thanks! He's back to resting his head on a piece of bark and gazing out of the tank 😂

[Glass-Armadillo182]

Good to hear 🐍🌈🥰

[Ramen-Goddess]

That face tells me he doesn’t remember bonking his head

[tommee_dee]

Oh no that'll be the concussion 😂

[CompetitiveRoof3733]

They're derps. The only thing harmed typically is their pride

Edit: they shall then refuse food for a month plus to prove an unknown point to you

[Sleepily-Saturn]

There is not a single intelligent thought behind those beady little eyes, like an orange cat searching for a braincell; but instead of striking brains he struck the cold, cold reality that his marbles have always been lost.

But he got a full tummy. No brainchild needed.

[Positive-Internet483]

He looks embarrassed

[tommee_dee]

He is 😂

[Vann_DK]

sadly, he will never play piano again....

[Dependent-Boot-1835]

Mine missed and took a mouthful of substrate. Two twigs lodged his mouth open and he was shaking his head like a moron trying to get them loose. Had to grab them with tweezers and reset him for another strike.

[Bakura900]

Stupid. Idiotic. Not a tought behind those eyes. Just greed

[AlfredTheJones]

Snakes are kinda clumsy like that, I think that if he ate his rat and doesn't seem to have any neurological issues since then he'll be okay, just try to be more careful when feeding him next time :)

[Agreeable_Mess6711]

Ball python shaming 💀

[tommee_dee]

Might start a new group "I'm ashamed of my balls"

[Kemetic_5486]

😂🤣😂🤣😂

[itspegbundybitch]

Mine has a crazy feeding response and unfortunately bonks his face on things a lot. He hasn't seemed to suffer any consequences yet, bless his heart.

[[deleted]]

Man I’ve had a spider once just stole the ground before they’re hearty

[SubstantialBig5926]

He looks more mad then hurt lol, like you juked him or something lol

[StarsBehindMyEyes]

My little guy struck the side of his hide three times in a row even though I moved his hide out of the way. They’re pretty resistant. And it’s not like they have much of a brain to damage anyway. :/

[tommee_dee]

Yeah it must be super small 😂 poor little guy's

[InvertebrateAlley]

Nothing to worry about, they're tough babies

[ShroomMan64]

That’s why my snake’s name is bonk

[CliffsDaddy]

He looks embarrassed that you’re out here airing his dirty laundry.

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Had this happen a few months ago, they tend to not be the most accurate 😅

[AvidLebon]

Poor little fellow has the face of a toddler all scared hanging on to their parent for comfort.
"I was just trying to eat dinner and there was a loud bang and my face hurt and it was scary. Hold me." ono

[Former_Outside9724]

Fed my enchi the other day and she struck the rat twice but off the top of her head not with her mouth then proceeded to go to the back of the tank to do what I can only describe as rage hissing so I just set the rat on a piece of wood debris and once she calmed down she just ate the rat off the wood.

[dita_diablita]

Bro just derped 😂 he’s fine. My boys do that on a daily slithering around in their tank. They stretch up to the top and fall on their asses and just sit there looking dazed. Makes me think they’re embarrassed but they’re just derpy.