:shock: Hey everybody,
Well, although I am probably going to incur some wrath I must admit that I am still feeding live to my pythons...last night I had an extremely successful feeding session with my three Ball Pythons - Apok, Trinity and Cypher. They all took two really plump mice and it was during the feeding of my big male Apok that I was able to witness his strike and capture of prey in a sort of slow motion - I have this flourescent light that I turn on over my pythons when I work on them and if you move your hand rapidly in front of it it will have a strobe effect..well, I placed the mouse in the tank and Apok immediately began to flick his tongue and become aware that prey had been introduced to his enviroment - he determined the location and homed in and then he lashed forward and struck !!!! his motion was slowed down and strobed where I could see him almost in a slow-mo kind of way...I saw his jaws deploy in full striking position and then I saw him hit this mouse like a mack truck...he then coiled over and began the process of constriction...it was something to really see... :shock: 8)
Anyhow my three big BPs are all disgustingly healthy and feed like starving orphans...I have their husbandry nailed down (temps, humidity, feeding, handling....) and they are thriving.....if there were shows where you could display your snakes I would love to show off my Ball Pythons...they may not be real expensive morphs like albinos or what have you but they are beautiful examples of the basic wild Ball Python...and totally docile and handleable....I think the reason I have been so successful with my snakes is that I love them to death....I strive for perfect conditions for them.... :P
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