Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe

@genmaicha It's just your bog standard cornsnake. 😅 I think in this case the behavior is a result of the previous owner only feeding it in the terrarium which trained it to consider anything entering as food. I've been feeding it in a separate chamber which has helped a bit but the behavior is pretty ingrained at this point.

@soapone Unfortunate. 🫂 The person that had my corn snake before me actually lost her from a similar circumstance. She randomly appeared again after 4 months. They had moved on and gotten a new snake in that time. Probably hid in the vents the whole time and chilled. They're pretty resilient creatures overall.

@soapone Yeah I kinda like how dumb they are. It's a fun contrast with how violent people expect them to be. I'm lucky my corn snake is a good eater, my ball python is a lot more finnicky. Sometimes it'll nom a bit and then shrug and go look for something else to do. 🤷 I find most predators I've encountered are pretty dumb outside of going for the kill. E.g. sharks.

@soapone Oh gosh no. I get them frozen. They get put down by gas so they don't suffer. Just kinda fall asleep. I find live feeding to be a bit cruel. It's also dangerous to the snake since rats have teeth and claws (accounting for that requires even more cruelty).

@suricrasia I deleted 17k lines today. 🤤🤤🤤