this is why we dont feed live

This ball python had to be put down this is why you dont put live mice in the same cage as your snakehttp://www.deviantconstrictors.com/images/care/dont-feed-live1.jpg sorry didnt post ill try again

that is why you dont LEAVE live rats in with your snake. that kind of damage doesnt happen in a few seconds. this is only caused by irresponsible live feeding. that is horrible.

Yup the only way that could have happened is when someone left a live mouse/rat in with the snake over night that doesnt happen in 5 minutes.

If you are actually a responsible snake owner you watch until your snake takes the rat. Not walk away.

*Shakes my head*

Jesus. Disgusting. I hope the owner learned his/her lesson or got out of the hobby entirely. ( I really want to same something harsher, but I don't know the story, and hate to assume...grrrrrrr though...really grrrr)

I feed half my snakes live, and no rat/mouse is ever in with a snake for more than 30min. All the while I stand by with something to insert into a biting rat if a snake catches is wrong. This poor baby looks not only like it was left with a hungry rat/mouse overnight (maybe longer) but also it looks very thin where it is not eaten.

Live is perfectly safe to feed.

That's shocking.. But yes live is fine if fed responsibly. Poor snake :( But I am curious about why the snake wouldn't strike and kill even if it didn't want to eat the rodent to get the rat/mouse to leave it alone.. That had to have been extremely painful. I would think any animal would eventually strike back.

That poor thing should be put down, man did you see how much of the head was eaten. I wish there was some formal way to punish neglegent keepers

Just curious, but why are you linking us to the first photos you get when you google "live ball python feeding"?

Live feeding is only dangerous if you let it be dangerous. There is no way a rat can do this kind of damage in a few minutes. If you feed live responsibly, the worst you will get is a bite here and there.

'This ball python obviously had to be euthanized. Based on what the owner of the snake said, he left the mouse in the cage with the snake overnight with no food for the mouse. This is obviously an extreme example of what can go wrong, but it illustrates the risk very well. Anything with a mouth can bite.' Is what it says on the page of the picture OP linked

Live is only dangerous when done irresponsibly. These snakes eat live in the wild! There aren't people in Africa thawing out rats to leave out for the wild bps...

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