FEEDING PROBLEM PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

if your so worried about it take her to the vet, better safe than sorry right.Next time try f/t so you dont have to worry about this again. good luck hope she is ok :)

I've noticed on some feeds that if they get a good hit on the head or lower legs when they coil it can pull the teeth back across that taut skin and you can see blood - sometimes enough of it to make you think the snake got hit if you didnt know the prey was pre killed. Definitely try at least p/k - abandon feeding live and later move to f/t if you can. Can you get a pic of the cut?

THANKS EVERYONE SHE SEEMS TO BE OK. I THINK THAT YOU ARE RIGHT SHE DID GET A GOOD HIT ON THE HEAD AND THE BLOOD IS GONE NOW AFTER A FEW HOURS. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS A CUT ANYMORE!! CLOSE ONE. p/k THIS POINT ON!!

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Originally Posted by TONYDM41684

CLOSE ONE. p/k THIS POINT ON!!

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Glad to hear it! It's so much safer for your snake, and no more of this type of worrying for you.

Feeding your snake life prey is one of the worst things a keeper could do. If a prey item injures you snake very badly and it does recover the snake will associate the injury with eating and may never eat again. This holds true mostly for ball pythons because of thier shy nature. Feed fresh killed or frozen thawed. I suggest if you cant find frozen. Buy the rodent live and wack it yourself. The idea is to keep the mouse at its normal body temp so killing the mouse right before feeding is ideal.

I don't know, I've been feeding mine live for months with absolutely no problems, however, as the prey I feed begins to be bigger I will either switch to frozen because of the health benefits or raise my own and break their jaws. I think I am just lucky to have such good eaters and I am currently feeding week to 10 day old pups with their eyes still closed and mouths to ting to even bite my snakes. I can't think of any reason to switch at this point but I think it is better for most to feed frozen or p/k

Break their jaws?:shock: I've never heard of that method. Sounds inhumane. Wouldn't it be better to just bag them and wack them against a hard surface to kill them instantly?:(

And as for waiting to switch...my advice is to switch as soon as you can. The younger the bp is, the less problems you'll have switching, IMO. :)