Feeding gone wrong ~ Blood warning

I just love how there is always someone who has to bash people that feed live prey to their snakes. Some snakes will just not eat f/t no matter what you try. Injuries do only generally only happen when the keeper is not supervising the feeding or taking the prey item away when the snake shows no interest. Injuries can also occur with feeding f/t if the prey item is not thawed properly. Perhaps as was already stated, snakes are just not the best choice of a pet for you in this case.

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Originally Posted by Abrahamalga

:rolleyes: All animals deserves respect, feeding live is cruel for the prey and dangerous for the snake!!! And know there's a back button, but I am the voice of those who cannot be heard, and if it is something wrong i must say it out loud to stop cruelty, behave like a thinking human being!!! So go and.....think about respect!!

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I respect all of my feeder rats. They are well taken care of. None of my snakes eat f/t though and will only take live. Although I have not had anything happen like the OP, I do not find this necessarily cruel to the rat. It looks like it was constricted but not eaten. Nothing more, nothing less. Everyone has their opinions on feeding live vs f/t and they should be respected for their opinion. But remember, when you start attacking those who feed live, you also open yourself up to counter attacks.

I didn't see this post continuing my bad :confused:

The rat was dead in the pic and died instantly when the snake struck it at lightning speed, partially wrapped it as it was biting the snake.
The skin tore on the rat making it a mess, if it was too graphic I'm sorry :(

This rat was an ex-breeder and was a chewer of tubs and after that threw a litter of 3.
This snake as mentioned normally eats much smaller, so I think it just hammered the rat in defense.
I raise high quality pet rats for the pet trade, disrespecting a rat is not something I would do on purpose, ever.
I have no need for F/T and while I have a few that will take it, I feed strictly live, just like they've fed on for millions of years.

I think the only reason people were upset is because they thought the rat was still alive through out this whole process, not struck at and constricted.

Oh for sure not, we have a gas chamber, it would have been put to use immediately if the rat was still alive, that rat was dead instantly.
The snake had a partial wrap and its teeth were stuck and so the snake basically drug the rat around trying to let loose of it, creating the mess you see.

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Originally Posted by Oxylepy

While I dont really find it funny or enjoyable, I do think it's sad that your snake didnt eat it. Did the snake get injured?

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No the snake didn't eat that night, but it snacked on a large weanling the next night.
And no, the snake didn't get hurt at all, it did however get a much deserved bath due to the mess it made.

Oh I'm glad it's dead. The "laying low" comment made me think it was still alive, and was kind of scared for it if it were, it definitely looked dead but without being there it's kind of hard to be entirely sure.

Glad your snake ate, did the other snake end up eating it?

And yeah after that kind of carnage anything would need a bath.

wow, thats gruesome for sure. hope my girl doesnt do all that but...who knows she just might.
as for my 2 cents on this whole live vs f/t debate...
i'm for whatever the snake will accept whether it be strictly live or if by chance it does accept f/t.
i believe that for something to live something else must die.
its the fact of life.
i'm not gonna waste precious emotional energy by getting upset about something i have no control over.
to the OP - i KNOW you had fun cleaning that mess up...j/k