Re: Weird Feeding! Anyone Ever Seen This?
Thanks for your responses. I was truly freaked out. I felt so
bad for the rat. I was concerned about putting my hand anywhere
near Cyrus. He is a determined hunter and I know better then to get
near him when he is doing his thing. I just wasn't sure the rat wasn't
planning an attack. Clearly that wasn't the problem. Thanks again.
Tina
:rolleyes:
Re: Weird Feeding! Anyone Ever Seen This?
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Originally Posted by MARCUS ANTONIUS
:lmao: i love that movie!
Re: Weird Feeding! Anyone Ever Seen This?
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Originally Posted by rmune0750
:lmao: i love that movie!
They used to call me Mogley(sp?) because when I was a kid I ran around in just a diapar all the time like him!! lol
Re: Weird Feeding! Anyone Ever Seen This?
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Originally Posted by Wholuvsyah
Thanks for your responses. I was truly freaked out. I felt so
bad for the rat. I was concerned about putting my hand anywhere
near Cyrus. He is a determined hunter and I know better then to get
near him when he is doing his thing. I just wasn't sure the rat wasn't
planning an attack. Clearly that wasn't the problem. Thanks again.
Tina
:rolleyes:
Just a few thoughts here Tina. If you are buying live from a pet store type supplier you might want to create a holding tank/tub for your rodent(s) and give them a few days of feed and water before feeding them off. You'll end up with a healthier, much less stressed rat/mouse to present to your snake. A less stressed rodent of appropriate size that has eaten and drank recently makes a far better and safer live prey item in my opinion.
As to feeling "bad" for the rat. Hon, the rat and the snake are just doing what nature intends for them to be doing. The fact that they are doing it in a captive environment in the end means little to them I believe. In nature BP's hunt in tight spaces where their prey doesn't have a huge space to run from them anyways so I'm sure you're snake was handling this rat just as it's instincts drove it to do.
As much as I enjoy breeding and raising rats I'm very comfortable in not feeling bad for them. They are raised well and humanely and enjoy a life far better than the average rodent. They then fill their natural role, as do our snakes...I'm just a small cog in that wheel really. My only job as I see it is to provide supremely healthy prey of appropriate size to a snake that is itself healthy and ready to eat. Anything beyond that is really just human emotion getting itself involved in a dynamic that's not at all human. :)
