So gross!!!!!

I just fed Jazmine a F/T rat. when she coiled on it it's intestines exploded all over my snake! I have never seen anything like this happen! *gag*


*MissMishyyy*

How did you thaw the rat out? That happens every now and then usually from the teeth slicing it open but still never fun lol

You probably overheated it when you warmed it up.

Just another reason i feed live lol

It happens from time to time. It's one reason why I never re-freeze a rat that has been refused. Re-freezing and re-thawing increase the chance of a spontaneous gut explosion.

This happened to me once when my male pastel was eating f/t mice. The mice that I bought had been refrozen and when my snake constricted the guts came flying out.

This happened to me once so far, talk about gross! But I was told it's probably because I unthawed it too quickly, so now I thaw them more slowly and so far not probs... but yeah gross!

That has happen to me as well! It's never fun having to clean up the mess after words.

Gross! Never happened to me, I always thaw slowly and in cool water for that reason. One time I had a rat's leg fall off during feeding. My snake went back and ate it afterward. :rofl:

I've had that happen when I used to warmup hopper mice in hot water before I fed them. I would always burst them open drying them off before feeding them. It was so disgusting. :bleh: :puke:

Ughhh. I'm actually glad you shared this so that I can prevent it from happening as best I can!

I over heated it under the heat lamp. Had no idea that caused issues lol. I will thaw with warm water from now on!!!! I don't ever wanna see that again!!!!!!!! Lol


*MissMishyyy*

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ughhh. I'm actually glad you shared this so that i can prevent it from happening as best i can!

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Originally Posted by snake lab

Just another reason i feed live lol

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Don't the rats void there bowels as soon as the snake kills them?

LOL i hate to admit it, but it has happened to me as well, first feeding of the rodentpro frozen, thawed in to hot of water, it looked like a horror movie in both the females cages. (smelled like one as well).

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Originally Posted by Aragog93

Don't the rats void there bowels as soon as the snake kills them?

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Haha. A rodent peeing or pooping little pellets while getting constricted is not comparable to when the rodent's insides being shoved out... It immediately STINKS, it's gross to see, and it leaves a gross bloody mess on the substrate and tub!

I posted a thread with a similar title to this :rofl:
-WARNING: VERY GROSS-
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-%28GRAPHIC%29

Be careful heating up in warm water! If the water is too hot, it can also soften the thin belly skin and cause it to burst...

btw - I have a few extra tub slots in the rack I bought, so now I put the rodents in a ziplock bag, then put them in the tub near the heat tape before I go to work on feeding days. When I get back, they're always thawed out at the perfect temperature :gj:

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Originally Posted by h00blah

Haha. A rodent peeing or pooping little pellets while getting constricted is not comparable to when the rodent's insides being shoved out... It immediately STINKS, it's gross to see, and it leaves a gross bloody mess on the substrate and tub!

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Very true, never had this problem or fed live so I guess I wouldn't know haha

If heated too quickly it causes the gasses in the rodents stomach to expand, causing built up pressure and...explosions, gross. I've had it happen more than a few times, and it sucks. Impatience sucks, lol.