Killing rats

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

You can learn a ton about a ball python by checking out it's poop ... how it feels, how it smells, even how it tastes ;) ... I'm constantly checking snake poop to make sure everyone is gettin r done!

-adam

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What can you tell by the color? and what do the different colors mean?

Think of them like mood rings.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Think of them like mood rings.

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LOL!!!!!!!!!:carrot: :rockon:

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Think of them like mood rings.

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Well.... What mood matches the color?!?!?

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Originally Posted by Liquid Snake 06

i say go with feeding it live prey. that way its as close to being natural as possible. pythons hunt for thier food. its instinct. as long as you feed your bp the right size mice or rats, it shouldnt be too much for him to handle.

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I feed live, BUT I could care less how it is in nature because they aren't in the wild. They are in tubs.

They can hunt a F/T or P/K rat too.

i feed fresh killed myself, whack the top of their head against a hard surface, then place into tub/cage, still warm and wiggly like a live one.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

How many posts and how many stories? How many people that you know had this happen? 5, 10, 50, 100? ... Just curious?

-adam

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I know of one person that this has happened to. It seems there's posts and stories everywhere of people that have had rats and/or mice attack snakes when they are left alone, and sometimes when they are being attended to. I don't really think it matters how many, one would be enough for me to stop and change my feeding. I've been feeding frozen thawed with both my bp and rtb and they have never been attacked by their food. :rolleyes: Both are happy and healthy and I don't see any reason to feed live. The rtb was fed 3 mice a month by the previous owner before I got her, I watched one of the feedings and while the mice were all eaten within seconds of being put in, I switched over to frozen as soon as I acquired her. Hope that answers your question :sweeet:

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Originally Posted by MontyNSpike

I know of one person that this has happened to.

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And I know of one person that fed their snake a not fully thawed F/T rat ... the unfrozen portion ended up thawing and rotting in the snakes stomach and killing it.

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Originally Posted by MontyNSpike

I've been feeding frozen thawed with both my bp and rtb and they have never been attacked by their food.

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And ya know what? I've been feeding live rodents to at least 200 snakes a week, every single week, for the past 10 years ... Just 3 days ago, I fed out over 450 live rodents ... and not one of my snakes has ever been attacked by it's food either. ;)

Live feeding can be done safely if done responsibly ... 99.9% of the horror stories that you read on line are because the owners were idiots leaving prey items (that were probably too large for their snake anyway) in the enclosure with their animal for extended periods of time without anything to eat.

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-adam

Feeding is up to the owner. Live if done right is Ok F/t if done right is ok. I mean to do anything the wrong way and someone will get hurt. I mean you play darts the wrong way and see what happens

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

And I know of one person that fed their snake a not fully thawed F/T rat ... the unfrozen portion ended up thawing and rotting in the snakes stomach and killing it.



And ya know what? I've been feeding live rodents to at least 200 snakes a week, every single week, for the past 10 years ... Just 3 days ago, I fed out over 450 live rodents ... and not one of my snakes has ever been attacked by it's food either. ;)

Live feeding can be done safely if done responsibly ... 99.9% of the horror stories that you read on line are because the owners were idiots leaving prey items (that were probably too large for their snake anyway) in the enclosure with their animal for extended periods of time without anything to eat.

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-adam

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Well GFY, I'll continue to feed frozen thawed to my 2 snakes 1 rat each every 2 weeks or so. Feeding time can be dangerous it seems, but as long as everything is done correctly, the snakes will be fine.

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