She ate for me!!

I am sooo in love!! My girly has been wonderful so far and to top it off...she ate for me today!! :D She has turned out to be quite the clown so far... I would have pics of her eating, but at first it seemed like she was going to be a shy eater. I put the mouse in her cage, and she didn't so much as flick her tounge at it. :confuzd: I fed her live b/c that's what she was eating when I got her. Anyways, I watched her for a bit and she didn't even seen to know it was there (I set it right in front of her) So I took her and put her is a smaller container and with in a min. or so she chomped it!! :chew: She didn't have any problems after that, but I didn't want to jinx it by taking pictures haha Next time though.... ;)

What a sexy stomach!!
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She wanted attention haha
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Going up...
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She got up there faster than I thought she could!
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Ah, and I forgot to ask...she was just as active after she ate as she was before it seems like. I just put her back in her cages, but I figured she would be snuggled up, digesting. Does that mean that the mouse was too small, or is that just her way of doing things?

Very nice looking girl!


As for eating, keep in mind that the mouse/rat should be slightly smaller than her largest section...if that is what you fed then perfect (if a lot smaller than her you might consider 2 mice).

As for her being active after eating several of mine are too...IMO feeding puts them in the mood so they "look around" for more just in case. Mine usually settle down 10-15 minutes later and start the digesting.

She looks nice. Just a reminder though when feeding live to set the prey down away from the snake and just let it wander about. This gives the snake time to set up it's strike. Putting a live prey down right in front of the snake can lead to a problem or the snake startling away from the mouse/rat. Best to put the live prey as far from the snake as the tub allows and just let nature take it's course. :)

I agree with Joanna on the advice on the live feeding (we both feed live as well).


She has a very clean belly! And I love her reduced pattern!! I have a girl that looks very similar to her.

Congratulations on your first feed!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

She looks nice. Just a reminder though when feeding live to set the prey down away from the snake and just let it wander about. This gives the snake time to set up it's strike. Putting a live prey down right in front of the snake can lead to a problem or the snake startling away from the mouse/rat. Best to put the live prey as far from the snake as the tub allows and just let nature take it's course. :)

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Ah, thanks. She was in her hide, and I put the mouse in front of the hide...but it wasn't right on top of her or anything. I'll try that next time, though. I didn't want to leave the mouse in there for too long....it was really interested in the wires to my thermometer. :mouse2: :colbert:

Is that a normal? it looks like an above average spider, but if it is a normal is is smokin!

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Originally Posted by herplover92

Is that a normal? it looks like an above average spider, but if it is a normal is is smokin!

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She was sold to me as a normal. What do you mean by 'above average'? She is a sweet little thing, what ever she is. I weighed her today too...right about 255 grams. She is about a year old, from what they told me. ^_^

my new boys just ate for their fist live pups yesterday as well isnt it GREAT :D they both still need A LOT of practice with the hitting of their strikes tho. lol its pretty funny