Kiote_9

I have heard of it and seen pictures of it but now I have experienced it.

My female jungle-corn ate herself. Well, partially.

NO there are no pictures.

I was dangling the mouse in front of her and dropped it. She went to strike at the mouse and missed, grabbed her own tail! I snatched her out of the tank and ran into the bathroom where the alcohol was as soon as it was apparent that she wasn't going to stop. She had at least 3 inches of her tail down her throat before I got the alcohol poured into her mouth. She immediately let go and I ran her head under the water briefly to get rid of the alcohol.

I rinsed her off and made sure her tail had quit bleeding then put her back down in her tank and HELD the mouse in front of her faced. She bit and constricted and ate it right down so I am not worried about her fearing the mice after what she went through. She's on her third mouse now and seems ok.

The kids wanted me to take a pic, but there was no way. I had to make sure she would be ok. It was quite memorable. Hope it never happens again.