Eating weird things

So we hear that BPs are killers and dangerous... but has anyone ever really heard of one eating a small dog or cat like ten to 15 pounds?

did you watch billy the extermanator lol

So no responses on this actually happening... Really. My big girl was eyeing up my cat last night

There are no responses because it doesn't happen. I've personally never heard of it.

If it was at all possible, my boyfriend has a 6lb mini-Dachsund that I don't care for. I would gladly let my snake eat her when he is larger.

With how picky most BPs are I would be surprised if they would just decide one day to try something like that. If that was the case we would be free of all the yippy dogs :)

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Originally Posted by Bones

If it was at all possible, my boyfriend has a 6lb mini-Dachsund that I don't care for. I would gladly let my snake eat her when he is larger.

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That's awesome! I feel the same about my mother and sister's cats.

I would LOVE to see a BP that could eat a 10-15 pound cat or dog! I have a 5'-6", 3500 gram male that Isn't even close to being able to eat a 10-15 pound animal. Could they KILL something that size...probably. Whether they actually would or not is a different story. I really don't see any BP of that size being aggressive enough to kill a 10-15 pound animal. Most of us have a hard time getting them to eat rats...let alone cats and dogs.

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Originally Posted by Bones

my boyfriend has a 6lb mini-Dachsund that I don't care for.

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I'm surprised a guy with this dog even has a girlfriend! :8:

just kidding.

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Originally Posted by corgigirl9

So we hear that BPs are killers and dangerous... but has anyone ever really heard of one eating a small dog or cat like ten to 15 pounds?

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Only if you're a mouse or a rat...

I bring my snake around my cats occasionally and he doesn't seem to mind them at all, no feeding response at all. In fact the cats have more of the issues. So I doubt a bp would even see a cat or dog as prey.

I eat strange things all the time... oh ment snakes no not had this with a bp but I did hav aboa that tried 2x to kill and eat a cat ( but then I would kill those dang things too they mutli play and don't even bother to mouse hunt now they got humans and free food all day.

i've only heard of BPs being called dangerous on T.V. and the news.

Hey now, I'm 24 yrs old, 240 lbs and work out everyday and my lil buddy is a 5 lb toy Chinese crested dog.(exotic breed that are popular in the dog shows) and if my snake tried to or did kill it the snake would have the same fate... paid $1000 for the dog plus a surgery... I would do anything for my dog(and my snakes though!!!!) paid 50 for my bp...

I'll Prolly be hated for saying this, but good thing I don't post alot:)

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I do want to stress the point that I take extremely good care of my snakes, just saying that my dogs come 1st...

And yes only the tv portrays bp as dangerous killers bc the tv is full of idiots... hence "idiot box"

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In all honesty, if you had a BP that killed your 5lb toy dog, it would be your own fault. A BP wouldn't naturally attempt to kill something like that unless A)the snake for some reason felt it was it's only survival option and B) you let your snake roam around the house unwatched with the dog out.

In which case I guess that would make you an accomplice and deserving of the same punishment?

Big ball pythons only WEIGH 10 to 15 pounds. They cannot eat something that weighs as much as they do!

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Originally Posted by SnakesNStangss22

Hey now, I'm 24 yrs old, 240 lbs and work out everyday and my lil buddy is a 5 lb toy Chinese crested dog.(exotic breed that are popular in the dog shows) and if my snake tried to or did kill it the snake would have the same fate... paid $1000 for the dog plus a surgery... I would do anything for my dog(and my snakes though!!!!) paid 50 for my bp...

I'll Prolly be hated for saying this, but good thing I don't post alot:)

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a 5lb dog? :colbert:

I don't have dogs or cats I have a 1/2 pound rat that kicks A** though.

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Originally Posted by SnakesNStangss22

Hey now, I'm 24 yrs old, 240 lbs and work out everyday and my lil buddy is a 5 lb toy Chinese crested dog.(exotic breed that are popular in the dog shows) and if my snake tried to or did kill it the snake would have the same fate... paid $1000 for the dog plus a surgery... I would do anything for my dog(and my snakes though!!!!) paid 50 for my bp...

I'll Prolly be hated for saying this, but good thing I don't post alot:)

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Nope not at all my snakes are awesome but my doggies they are my world!!!

Well the cat would be sad but my lil doggies I would be devastated. My snakes are all in racks except my new big girl whos quarantined in a tank. I just fear if they escaped I may have an issue on my hands. I didnt really think they are dangerous just wanted to know if anyone has actually had this happen. Maybe not even eating just killing,

I have locks on all cages so it will be all good!!! My smallest dog is obsessed with my ball python. She will win and freak out till I pick him up to watch the feeding...

Glad I'm not hated :)

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Well, in fairness, any BP that grew large enough to break out of a locked cage and eat a 5lb dog is a BP i'd probably want put down too. I wouldn't feel safe sleeping with that in my house.

My mother, the worrier, called me one day to relay a story. She heard that a 7-8 ft snake didn't eat for 3 weeks, when the owner took the snake to the vet the vet told the owner that the snake was saving up to eat the owner. LOL I just laughed my ass off.

Yeah... that stories been completely disproven. You can look it up online. The easiest reason for why it's not true though is that snakes don't size their food up before eating. If they're going to eat something, they would kill it first, then figure out how to swallow after.

In the wild, you don't get to save up room for a giant meal...

Considering the fact that even a very large ball python can eat a large rat at best, and even the smallest of dogs is quite a bit bigger than a rat, I don't think a ball would even consider striking an animal that large unless it was severely underfed and desperate, or if cornered and felt it had no choice.

Now perhaps a very small puppy or kitten might be seen as prey, but I would hope no snake owner would be foolish enough to allow close contact between the two. An accident could always happen of course, but especially with cats/kittens, I'd be worried about the damage the claws could do to the snake more than the damage the snake might do.

That being said, I own 6 cats myself, all are decent sized animals, ranging from 7 to 14 pounds. We used to have a large male ball who I swear was Harry Houdini re-incarnated. He figured out how to escape from his cage no matter what you did. More than once I would wake up of a morning and find all 6 cats lined up side by side in the kitchen, staring fixedly at the wall, and would then pull out the laundry basket to find that ball stretched out along the wall behind the basket. Since I know he had been out for a considerable time, I would think if he were going to hurt one of the cats, he had plenty of opportunities to do it. I never found a mark on either the cats or him.

Gale

Sadly I have heard a few stoies of cats killing BP's, but never the other way around.

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Originally Posted by Agent73

Sadly I have heard a few stoies of cats killing BP's, but never the other way around.

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Exactly. The snake would be in much more danger than the dog or cat.

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Originally Posted by []$(@R

a 5lb dog? :colbert:

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A chinese crested dog only goes up to about 10 lbs as an adult. It would be about 5 lbs or so as a puppy/sub-adult.

Really cool-looking dog. I wouldn't mind one of them - especially the hairless mutation that only has hair on its head, tail and paws. One of my kids have allergies.

A chinese crested puppy might be an appropriate size for an adult ball python, but we all know that ball pythons are picky with their food. I mean, my bp's have to be "trained" (for lack of a better word) to take regular rats instead of ASFs... how much more for puppies. My bp's would probably go on a hunger strike before they'd down a chinese crested puppy. But then, I wouldn't want to prove it either.