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tangoandmouse Posted - 17/03/2011 : 22:18:55
I recently just brought my corn snake nearly about a week ago, so im still learning about him. A few hours ago he was chilled out in my hoodie and his head was poking out near my neck. I lifted up my arm to move my hair and all of a sudden his head moved quickly to the side. At first i thought he was backing away to go hide but i realised his head was facing the side and he was still then i thought is he playing dead? It was earlier on about 8ish so the light was on which i think would of caused a shadow having him to react like this...

I touched him and he soon moved his head back up normally, but it was just as soon as i raised my arm that he quickly dropped his head to the side.

Opinions?

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mikerichards Posted - 18/03/2011 : 00:57:08
corns as a rule do not play dead, whats more likely is that when you moved you arm, you changed the angle that he was sitting at by moving your hood also.
lotabob Posted - 17/03/2011 : 22:26:43
Odd, a defense mechanism of lots of snakes is to play dead but I've never heard of a corn snake doing it.

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