Best place for snake to strike mouse

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Originally Posted by Cop

I always wear gloves when I feed mine so if my snake grabs too low and the mouse/rat has a chance to bite him I pull the rodents head back so there is no chance. I would rather be a bit "inhumane" then let my snake be bitten.

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lol, once the snake has grabbed the prey all bets are off. I don't think moving it's sharp little fangs away from your snake is going to cause it any MORE discomfort than being strangled. I recently got my first hungry ball bite. someone could have been trying to break my finger and I probably wouldn't have noticed due to the constriction! XD

it was pretty funny, but doing my best to keep to from happening again!

i have to say if your too sensitive about being inhumane then get a rabbit as a pet dont be owning snakes and start saying the wrong and inhumane man please you buy rats and put them in the cage with your snake you think it dosent know whats going on. please man thats my method and it works great i never had a rat bite or attempt a bite ever. but live isnt the way im telling i know some snakes only eat luve but my method is the next best thing to it and thats stunning the rat so it still is moving..... and please dont tell me you guys dont enjoy watching your snake eat i know i love it. and its really cool anyways take it or dont, dosent bother me ok bye

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Originally Posted by darkbloodwyvern

lol, once the snake has grabbed the prey all bets are off. I don't think moving it's sharp little fangs away from your snake is going to cause it any MORE discomfort than being strangled. I recently got my first hungry ball bite. someone could have been trying to break my finger and I probably wouldn't have noticed due to the constriction! XD

it was pretty funny, but doing my best to keep to from happening again!

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I'm saying that I don't want the rodent to bite my snake and when he strikes him in the wrong spot I stop the rat from biting my snake.

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Originally Posted by royalballs

i have to say if your too sensitive about being inhumane then get a rabbit as a pet dont be owning snakes and start saying the wrong and inhumane man please you buy rats and put them in the cage with your snake you think it dosent know whats going on. please man thats my method and it works great i never had a rat bite or attempt a bite ever. but live isnt the way im telling i know some snakes only eat luve but my method is the next best thing to it and thats stunning the rat so it still is moving..... and please dont tell me you guys dont enjoy watching your snake eat i know i love it. and its really cool anyways take it or dont, dosent bother me ok bye

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Stunning the prey is an incredibly stupid idea. If you want to completely avoid a possible snake bite, pre-kill the prey or feed F/T.

what kind of complications can come from a snake being bitten by a rat?

Depends on the size of the rat. I feed live but whenever I feed s snake a larger rodent I CO2 it first. I had a mouse wake up from a stun and go pysco a few years ago. The small rats that I feed live are so overmatched by the snakes I feed them to that it is lights out as soon as they strike, no worries about retaliation. I think its when you feed larger adult rodents you see alot more fight. Thats why I dont like mice(they are nasty lil buggers) and prekill any rat larger than a small.

I also raise my own rats which are hand tame so they are not stress out and as defensive. I think this helps, I have seen live rodents that are stressed out that go bonkers, again a waking stunned one could go Rambo, I've seen it.

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Originally Posted by bigT

what kind of complications can come from a snake being bitten by a rat?

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The same kind of implications as lets say...a big dog biting you, and don't have the means to get medical help or dress the wound. Rats can leave a NASTY bite on a human, now imagine that on an animal 1/50th your size. Its almost like a shark bite!

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Originally Posted by bigT

what kind of complications can come from a snake being bitten by a rat?

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An large rats has very long teeth, like some mentioned earlier in the thread it he bit down right through the top of the snakes head it was lights out!

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

An large rats has very long teeth, like some mentioned earlier in the thread it he bit down right through the top of the snakes head it was lights out!

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Absolutely, rats are not just a prey item for some animals, they are a well armed predator.

Basically, anywhere a snake can grab a rodent without being bitten by the rodent is good enough imo.

I feed live holding the rat with the tongs so the snake always gets a good strike at his head.