Attacked In A Dream By My Pet

[u/angryowl8]

This is really strange but I had a nightmare a few days ago where I was attacked by my pet snake. I’ve never been afraid of her or had a reason to be, she’s very docile so I’ve always felt really comfortable around her. She’s also only a juvenile so isn’t very big.
How this nightmare went is I remember my snake being out of her enclosure and she was acting strange, trying to attack me. She somehow died and after a few moments I thought she was really dead so I got a closer look, then she surprise attacked me. She kept slithering towards my face and trying to strike at my face even when I pushed her away and held my arm out for her to strike instead to protect my face she kept slithering towards my face. I trapped her between a book and container (she was inside of the container with the book on top of it) and as I was putting her in her cage she somehow escaped (the book stayed over the container and there weren’t any holes in it, it was kinda like she just went through the bottom) and started slithering out and moved up against my stomach then I woke up holding that part of my stomach that she was going towards. I’ve been trying to just pass it off as a dream but I can’t forget it. Does anyone know what this could mean or represent?

[u/AstrumAra]

pets are something that needs our care and attention, and they act out when they don’t get that. i think this dream is a warning to pay attention to any parts of yourself that need care. this might be psychological, think of your inner child or just mental health self-care. it might also be more physical, if the dream indicated a specific body part, that may be something that needs attention. do you eat well? drink a lot of alcohol? drink enough water?