I got constricted!

Racks tend to do that, slide out tub and out comes a hungry snake.


They associate the opening of the tub with....Time to eat.

Damn, I cant believe Marky missed the photo op. :P

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Originally Posted by ECLARK

Racks tend to do that, slide out tub and out comes a hungry snake.


They associate the opening of the tub with....Time to eat.

Damn, I cant believe Marky missed the photo op. :P

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I agree Ed we need pics :P .Yea being in racks does tend to kick in the feeding responses:eek: .The other night i attempted to feed my largest female,as soon as i slide her tote open she was right their:eek: .I had to fire the rat towards the back and she was on him before he landed!

I can't say for sure, as all of my snakes have always been in racks (not counting the first BP who ate way better in a glass viv :), but mine definitely react to the rack opening, but only if they smell rat in the room.

I open them normally and nothing happens, but if Im working from the bottom of the rack upwards, and they smell rat, watch out.. Most of these particular girls get the rat on the first hop in the tub ;)

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I prefer bamboo shoots under their fingernails.

-adam

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Yeah yeah give the vomit guy a hard time ;)

Rubbing alcohol is not safe to drink, so I don't think I'd use that. I keep a small spray bottle of Everclear (very strong grain alcohol) close by. Keep in mind, the alcohol is gonna burn when it gets into those bite injuries!

Steve

I agree. I would not use rubbing alcohol for fear of getting it into the snake's mouth. I would use standard alcohol, like a cheap vodka or something like that..

I have had a similar story with a rescue that I picked up. The person was young, and only fed his 3 year old ball python on mouse per month. Needless to say, the snake came out hungry.. I held it and was talking to the young man, and the snake tried to eat my hand. It took about five minutes to get it off of my hand due to the fact that he had no access to alcohol and I wasn't aware of the water situation. It hurt for a while, and the snake is now dubbed "Bitey"

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I read somewhere one time about a guy that kept large constrictors (burms, retics) He kept a spray bottle of whiskey in the herp room, if he got wrapped up some he would spray with the whiskey.....IF they didnt let go........he had it to drink.......LOL

lol; maybe I should keep a bottle of Southern Comfort by the rack; there is one in the freezer, but that'd mean I'd need to go the 10 feet into the kitchen.. :)

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Originally Posted by Ginevive

lol; maybe I should keep a bottle of Southern Comfort by the rack; there is one in the freezer, but that'd mean I'd need to go the 10 feet into the kitchen.. :)

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but then u could drink away the pain an get drunk with ur snake

My problem is I'd constantly be having to replace my "emergency alcohol". Unless I got something I really don't like, like Jagermeister. No heckling from the Jager lovers!