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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Dixon[/i] [br]Hi, This is off topic as it is about my Bairds rat snake but as I have been told they share similarities with Corns I'm hoping someone may be able to help. My Baird has not eaten since February and I took it to a reptile vet last Saturday who thinks it may be in an extended period of brumation. He examined it and says it is in perfect condition and is active and healthy. The last couple of days I have noticed that it is rubbing it's jaw against the ground with enough pressure to make the neck/jawline expand and then it rubs the side its body against the rocks, hides etc. in the viv. It appears to arch its body and goes quite rigid as it moves around before eventually going back to normal. The snake is probably about 5 years old but certainly fully grown I would think at 5.5 feet and 1 kilo in weight and I do not know if it is male or female as it was found in north London and given to me. I have never seen my Corn or any of my other snakes do this and wondered if it was a sort of mating ritual, even though it is housed on its own. Has anyone out there had any experience of similar behaviour in their snakes. Cheers [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.