What makes a snake go crazy?

[Tropicok]

Do you have a reptile vet in the area? A snake does not do something like that without a reason. Had you fed him anything else before the pinkie? He may have a neurological disorder but a vet would need to diagnose it. Good luck.

[1beataway]

No good vets. It was definitely something I've not seen him do before. But I missed the last feeding, so I'm not sure if that would have something to do with it. I tried feeding him the pinkie only after I saw him latched onto the black rim. I checked this morning and the pinkie was gone. He seems to be moving around normally today. I didn't want to disturb him since he had recently ate, but I'll try to look at him a little better later.

[Kurt]

I, too, have a rosy boa and I have never witnessed anything like you have described. The weirdest thing I haver seen is when my Mexican black kingsnake bit herself, then tried to constrict herself. I think in both cases it was a matter of the stomach over-riding the brain.

[1beataway]

You have a rosy boa too? Awesome. What colour?

[Kurt]

Its a coastal rosy, so it has the messy stripes. It is bluish-gray with rusty stripes. And yours?

[1beataway]

Is it a bluish-gray or is it green-with-more-blue-than-yellowish-gray?

Mine is pretty similar, though actually I would say greenish-gray with orangey-brown spots. The bottom looks like cookies and cream ice cream, so his name is Oreo.

I can't remember now, but I think the region it came from was Lake something.

[Kurt]

I got mine from Petco. They are not too particular of where it came from. I was at least able to identify it down to subspecies, but not locale.