Best place for snake to strike mouse

when the snake strikes low, i have like a chopstick so the mouse can bite it instead of my snake.

they are the perect ambush predator, my snakes 99/100 grab the rat/mouse by the snout and its all over, if the odd time its a bad strike i just monitor the whole time, simple

i fed my new arrival (a rescue...) today and ended up feeding it 2 mice. the first mouse, the snake only caught by the FOOT... so it was kind of traumatic. i thought for SURE at one or two points that the mouse had chomped onto my snake, but in the end i was mistaken and the snake got lucky. second mouse got it head first.... twas beautiful lol...

Well, I'm sure I will get a "you're inhumane!" response to this, but here goes anyway...

My situations is 'special'... that is becuase my snake is 'special'... and I do mean 'special' :rolleyes: He has been a horrible eater ever since he was young. I got him from a very reputable breeder and he was very healthy and has been ever since... except that he's a little... um... off...

First - he is sooooooo picky, he will only eat live, white, male rats :confused:

Second - he will eat them forwards, backwards, sideways, or any other way he can get them down if I don't intervene and turn the feeder so the rat's head is near my bp's mouth.

Third - (and this is what leads to the 'inhumane' part) I have only had him 3 1/2 years and can count on one hand the number of times he has hit the feeder in the head... even though I hold the rat with tongs so he can get a cleen strike. As a result... three bites from feeders! Two were fairly superficial because the rat only caught a part of his skin. The third, however, was pretty nasty and it took a lot of diligence in keeping away serious infection. SO... since he will only eat live (tried frozen, CO2, and pre-killed - as in not moving) and if fully alive, has a high risk of injury, I have to break necks. Then I feed immediately while nerves are still 'kicking'. It is this inhumane?... guess it's a fine line for some, but for a neck to break instantaneously and then within seconds be in coils... I doubt it is any less painful than a bite and constriction! AND my bp can eat "live" without any chance of injury from a feeder bite.

Some may think that is inhumane but in your case it's the last resort. You have tried all of the above and nothing has worked for you. Since, you do love your snake you have to feed it. Correct? So, at all costs to it's food. You have to do what you have to do. My 2 cents.

Otherwise, my Ball pretty much catches them right behind the ear and faces their mouth away from her and gets them just like that and....


WAM! ALL DONE!:snake: