"Braining"

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Originally Posted by kxr

I'm going to throw this out there although it may be wrong... From what I've heard and seen with my limited experience with troublesome ball pythons braining doesn't work. Sure it might work for a carpet or a hognose but I've never seen it work with a ball python and I've heard from others that it doesn't.


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Interesting. The FB group i saw it being talked about in, the people were specifically addressing ball pythons. But its FB lol. Figured thats why Id ask here, see what people thought. I really dont think its something i would try unless the ball hadnt eaten in months and its health was in question or if i decided i wanted to switch to F/T. I dont really need to switch to F/T as i breed my own rats and always have live available. But if it works for people and they can stomach it more power to them i suppose lol.

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Originally Posted by OTorresUSMC

Interesting. The FB group i saw it being talked about in, the people were specifically addressing ball pythons. But its FB lol. Figured thats why Id ask here, see what people thought. I really dont think its something i would try unless the ball hadnt eaten in months and its health was in question or if i decided i wanted to switch to F/T. I dont really need to switch to F/T as i breed my own rats and always have live available. But if it works for people and they can stomach it more power to them i suppose lol.

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Like I said I could easily be wrong lol I'm going off what I've heard from a few people and my experience with 2 maybe 3 animals that I've tried it on


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Yeah, a small knife is quite sufficient. For not quite so stubborn snakes, squeezing the rodent to get some fresh (-er) blood from the nose can work, and feels less drastic.


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I've done it before for finicky eaters. I take my feeding tongues and squeeze the skulls until it crushes. It works really well for difficult feeders if need be.

Yeah I've gotten snakes to take something they initially showed no interest in after braining it. There's no smearing the brain matter around though, that sounds like overly dramatic hyperbole lol. You just puncture the brain cavity. Can be done with a small knife or nail.

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Originally Posted by Lizardlicks

Yeah I've gotten snakes to take something they initially showed no interest in after braining it. There's no smearing the brain matter around though, that sounds like overly dramatic hyperbole lol. You just puncture the brain cavity. Can be done with a small knife or nail.

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Was it with a ball python?


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I wonder what it is about brain that makes snakes more receptive, is it just blood and organ smell or is the brain special or something?

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Originally Posted by ja88er

I wonder what it is about brain that makes snakes more receptive, is it just blood and organ smell or is the brain special or something?

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Snakes are distantly related to zombies. It is known.

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Originally Posted by kxr

Was it with a ball python?


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Yup, couple different ones, too.

I sure hope it never comes to that. Crossing my fingers.