Funny Feeding Experience

A few weeks ago I fed my 600 gram female a small rat. She has been eating frozen/thawed small rats for a while now. When I offered the rat to her she constricted like normal and "squeezed" for a few minutes and released. After releasing she will usually slither around her "kill" for a while and then consume her meal.

After she initially constricted and released I went to another room to do something and I entered the room where she was and she was constricting the rat again! A double constriction for one meal!

I thought it was rather funny. Did she see the rat moving again?? Anyone else ever had this experience?

I've seen where a snake will constrict and then come back later to eat the prey, but I've never seen a snake constrict more than once on a dead prey. Odd, but in a good way.

Jim Smith

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Originally Posted by j_h_smith

I've seen where a snake will constrict and then come back later to eat the prey, but I've never seen a snake constrict more than once on a dead prey. Odd, but in a good way.

Jim Smith

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I've seen them unwrap and as their body moves it makes the rat move and they coil it again.

I have one that will constrict his prey for a long time. Then he lets go and rubs all over it. Rubs his head on it...rubs his chin on it, crawls all over it a few times constatntly rubbing himself on the prey ....then eats it. :rolleyes:

You guys have some weird snakes.:rolleye2:

Jim Smith

My snake likes to smell his a lot. Or else that's what it looks like...after he constricts and releases he crawls around it and noses it all over. You can see the fur move from his breath!

my first BP back when used to do the nose/rubbing thing for maybe 5 minutes before eating...

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Originally Posted by Punkymom

My snake likes to smell his a lot. Or else that's what it looks like...after he constricts and releases he crawls around it and noses it all over. You can see the fur move from his breath!

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A couple of my snakes like to do this too. Usually it comes with some open mouth then take mouth off and sniff around more... but when they get to the head, they latch on and finish it off. It is funny to watch, since I know where the prey's head is, it just seems funny ha ha to me. :)

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

I have one that will constrict his prey for a long time. Then he lets go and rubs all over it. Rubs his head on it...rubs his chin on it, crawls all over it a few times constatntly rubbing himself on the prey ....then eats it. :rolleyes:

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My little one does this exact same thing when she eats, it's so funny!

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Originally Posted by j_h_smith

You guys have some weird snakes.:rolleye2:

Jim Smith

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You have NO IDEA. All of my pets are wierd....I think Im starting to get a complex. :rolleyes:

Snakes on a routine poo schedule outside of their enclosure
All 3 snakes going up and down the stairs
One thinks she is human...loves video games
Dogs that ...ugh...I could write a book about those two..its the looney house.