Zina "hunting/killing" video...

Here is Zina and the way she hunts and kills. She gets a tad excitable !! :)
Considering she used to be very shy about eating !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hON0JfVWQsI

Here are 2 pictures of the "aftermath"...

http://photos.imageevent.com/morgens...e/SAM_0129.JPG

http://photos.imageevent.com/morgens...e/SAM_0130.JPG

She has taken pre-killed before and I'm going to attempt that again. She is now on medium rats and the bigger the rat, the more I worry. Strangely enough she tried to eat 2 of the pre-killed rats backwards ! That only worked once for her, the other time she gave up.

Fed her live again, and she ate the proper way. Guess only one way to find out if it was just coincidence...

It could be that the pre-k rat wasn't warm enough about the head. I feed f/t and the whole mouse is room temp but if I don't warm up the head enough mine'll try it backwards and sideways before he gets it :P

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Originally Posted by lexxielightning

It could be that the pre-k rat wasn't warm enough about the head. I feed f/t and the whole mouse is room temp but if I don't warm up the head enough mine'll try it backwards and sideways before he gets it :P

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Possible, but I gave it to her right after killing and she took it immediately. Perhaps the head cooled first, I don't know...??

I'll try again. Even though she is quite the accomplished killer, she wraps that rodent from head to tail !!

Zina, that's a really neat looking enclosure (what I can see of it...) What is the box in the upper left corner, a light? Heat lamp? Thermostat?

Do you have more detailed pics you could share?

sure, let me see what I can find.
There is normally more "deco" in the cage, but when she hunts and kills everything goes "flying", so I take it out ;)

Its a 4 foot cage from showcase cages.
I really like those cages for how practical and ingenious they are, as well as easy to clean. They maintain heat and humidity perfectly as well, and also are nice for "display"

Here is a link that shows many pics !!

http://www.showcasecages.com/cage_pictures.htm

Great video!!!! Her tail wagging is hilarious and cute!!! :D:D

OMG--the tail wagging had my fiance and I cracking up. We want an Angolan so bad.
:D :D :D she's adorable!

She's like a kitty waiting to pounce.


CUTEST SNAKE EVAR!

The tail wagging was uber cute! Thanks for taking time to record that and share it with us!

Awesome video and love the tail wag....that is strong as my lab/shorthair waggin tail for a treat lol

:snake:Cutest Snake Award:snake:

That had my whole family going "awww.. how cute" and giggling. I have never seen a snake do that. Does she do that with every feeding??

She's something ;) She used to do it off and on, but lately she does it all the time and she just really gets excited !!! I find it very funny, on the other hand, I wouldn't want her to accidently tag me when she gets like this. Its like she gets all wound up and hits HARD. She also wraps the rodent up very thoroughly. She has this long body, and she uses almost all of it.

it really does remind one of a cat about to pounce, she wags it hard, LOL

I'm not sure if other snakes do that, I just assumed a few might. But I've never seen it before until I watched Zina do it !

:O I'm so in Love right now.. I want ONE !!!!!!!!!

That is a beautiful snake! The tail wagging was adorable. My female ball does that the odd time. She hisses like a beast as well :D