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If any of you remember my little terror snake, he has calmed down sooo nicely! Occasionally he with get into an s strike postion, but a little gentle handling coaxes him right out of it :)

YES!!!! HE IS EATING A MOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND!!!! FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I GOT HIM ON OCT 11th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111 :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

conratulations it always great to see your snake eat its first mouse in ur care!

man, it smelled! that mouse poped like a ballon! feces and intestine on my pants lol...

Sounds like he's acclimating pretty well. Maybe he'll calm down even more now that he's eaten and defecated (although I hope you didn't mean he actually lost his intestine in the process). Hunger and constipation can make even the sweetest creature evil.

noooo the mouse's belly split open, and i got some of it on my pants, i was exgerating a little lol :)

u feed a snake on ur lap?!?!
thats a first

that's disgusting!

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Originally Posted by alexrls

you feed a snake on your lap?!?!
thats a first

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Why? he's little!

And what happens if he misses and hits you? I don't think you really want him to bite you on accident in certain places.... get a rubbermaid and feed him in that.

come on man i mean the snake is looking 4 small (no Offence) heat generating objects

u wanna risk it?

he alreay had it in his mouth! im not an idiot lol :)

I fed him on the floor (clean carpet) he struck and constricted, then I put him on my lap when I was on the comp :)

i hear ya but FYI i was under the impression that once they're eating u dont wanna touch them b/c they could feel vulnerable a regurg. the prey

Agreed. Poor choice of feeding method.

you picked him up after he had constricted?? whoa... that's not a good idea. i know if i even so much as TOUCHED my snakes, they'd spit the food out and come after me. my male, Apollo, always looks around before he starts to swallow. he'll kill the mouse and then stare out of his rubbermaid to make sure no ones going to take his food. if i went near him, he'd try to take off my finger because it's HIS food, not mine.

if i were you, i would really think about putting him in either his enclosure or an extra rubbermaid and leaving him there. little snake or not, it's probably stressing him out a lot being on your lap while he's eating. snakes don't "like" people in general... they're not meant to be domesticated. so... if you had a pet alligator, would you let it chow down on your lap?? somehow i dont think the alligator would like that too much.... :)

Ok, no more of that! :)

I guess they are differnt than my blue tongue skink loves being out :/

haha... much different. if they had it their way, snakes would live far far away from us and never come near us. :)

I guess I need to learn by my mistakes!

Everybody learns sometime :)
You shoud be proud you are online learning more, there are too many owners that dont bother.

You have a very good looking snake by the way :)

Thanks! His sibling was a pastel :)

your not supposed to handle your snake after he eats or even during it cause more stress on them and then on you ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He didn't eat when I tried on Thursday... BUT ON SAT HIS EYES WERE BLUE :)

he is getting ready to shed it will be 7 to 10 days before he will eat again

Here is a question for you guys, i usually take my snake out of her regular tank and put her into my feeding tank so she never associates my hand coming into the tank as something to bite. But after she completly swallows the mouse i pick her up( not touching the spot where the mouse is) and put her back into her regular tank. Is this a problem? She has never regurged but im just making sure that she doen't want to kill me when i do that lol.

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Originally Posted by DrEwTiMe

Here is a question for you guys, i usually take my snake out of her regular tank and put her into my feeding tank so she never associates my hand coming into the tank as something to bite. But after she completly swallows the mouse i pick her up( not touching the spot where the mouse is) and put her back into her regular tank. Is this a problem? She has never regurged but im just making sure that she doen't want to kill me when i do that lol.

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It's only a problem if you play w/ it for a long time.If you are just gonna take him into his tank,thats fine