Lazy Ball Python!!

Anybody else's ball ever do this? Threw a rat into his bin last night and the rat made a dash straight at the snake and tried to hide underneath one of Dimetri's coils. Dimetri immediately started constricting!! Brought his head around and just watched the rat die. Never even attempted to bit it! It was too funny!!!

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Dimetri - pastel 100% Het STK Axanthic 1500g

oh yes I've had that happen a couple of times.
I don't call that lazy, thats pro skillz:cool: Look ma!, no hands AND no teeth:P

I have strike happy snakes myself (only when food is around) so no. But it would be strange to just watch the snake watch the rat die with that silly little grin the BPs have. O_O Dark humor is dark.

Never had this happen personally... One time though, my big normal female decided she didn't feel like striking. The rat was cowering in the corner of the tub and she slithered up next to the rat and rather than coiling, she just crushed it against the side of the tub...

Never seen that. Pretty cool though :)

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Originally Posted by Inknsteel

Never had this happen personally... One time though, my big normal female decided she didn't feel like striking. The rat was cowering in the corner of the tub and she slithered up next to the rat and rather than coiling, she just crushed it against the side of the tub...

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What the hell?! :8:

HAHA! Too good. My snake hasn't done that, but one time she DID strike and constrict FOUR times. Just over and over again. Apparently the mouse needed to be punished.

That is too funny!


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My BPs disapprove highly of your BPs' barbaric nature. *Snooty, high brow scoff*

Haha thats awesome...I love how he's just looking over at it like that. Loving the other stories, too...sometimes snakes are just nuts!

They make me laugh all the time!!

I have one that rarely bother constricting at all. (I feed FT) she just takes it and starts swallowing.

Nice

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Neat. I have never seen one take out a live rat without striking.

My blind ball Athena has done that. When I switched her from mice to rats, rather than strike at the bigger heat signature, she simply smashed the rat against the side of the tub and held it there until it died, then ate it.

I have also had a few of my bigger girls pin the rat with a coil of body to get it right where they wanted it before striking.

Gale

I have had one or two do this as well, though they were babies :rolleyes:

It's so weird when they do that! I have only caught it on camera once though
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My black pastel female loves to crush them against the side of the tub too!

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

It's so weird when they do that! I have only caught it on camera once though
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My black pastel female loves to crush them against the side of the tub too!

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That rat's all like, :O and she's all like, :D

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Originally Posted by Anya

That rat's all like, :O and she's all like, :D

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All I can see in that BP's face is "Haters gonna hate". :cool:

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Originally Posted by angllady2

My blind ball Athena has done that. When I switched her from mice to rats, rather than strike at the bigger heat signature, she simply smashed the rat against the side of the tub and held it there until it died, then ate it.

I have also had a few of my bigger girls pin the rat with a coil of body to get it right where they wanted it before striking.

Gale

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Thats crazy!! It seems ball pythons are capable to be smarter than we think..

Oh they are a lot smarter than people give them credit for. It is amazing to watch my big girls muscle a rat around, they keep their vulnerable heads well back out of the way, and use a heavy coil of solid muscle to maneuver the rat to where they want it, then strike.

If a rat comes at them too quickly, they are not above throwing a coil on top of it and smashing it down against the floor to subdue it, then striking while the rat is dazed.

Gale