Snake feeding

My corn snake is 1 year old, I've had her since April last year and I don't think she's ever constricted her meal once. She traps it and eats it straight away, is this okay?

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I have seen that on videos I have also seen corn snakes just picking Frozen thawed up and eating it without constricting
And also just simply taking from someone's hand

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Originally Posted by Sophieg

My corn snake is 1 year old, I've had her since April last year and I don't think she's ever constricted her meal once. She traps it and eats it straight away, is this okay?

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I meant she GRABS it not traps it, she's on F/T

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Originally Posted by Jellybeans

I have seen that on videos I have also seen corn snakes just picking Frozen thawed up and eating it without constricting
And also just simply taking from someone's hand

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Okay thanks :)

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Originally Posted by Sophieg

I meant she GRABS it not traps it, she's on F/T

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It's fine...snakes get used to taking pre-killed prey (ie. learn they don't have to kill it) & many become calmer pets as a result too. It's all I feed my snakes.

So the main thing is, make sure that no one EVER gives her a live rodent, as she'll be much more likely to be injured, not expecting to do battle. :gj:

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

It's fine...snakes get used to taking pre-killed prey (ie. learn they don't have to kill it) & many become calmer pets as a result too. It's all I feed my snakes.

So the main thing is, make sure that no one EVER gives her a live rodent, as she'll be much more likely to be injured, not expecting to do battle. :gj:

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Oh fair enough, thanks!

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Not an uncommon thing for corns IMO, none of my colubrids (corns, king) constrict their f/t. My oldest corn, she'll start eating right off the tongs if I let her.

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

Not an uncommon thing for corns IMO, none of my colubrids (corns, king) constrict their f/t. My oldest corn, she'll start eating right off the tongs if I let her.

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I’ve got an adult male who just walks through the mouse ...


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I wonder if it's possible for a ball python to do that???
I'm thinking probably not


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Originally Posted by Sophieg

I meant she GRABS it not traps it, she's on F/T

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My young ratsnake does this too. She's never constricted. As a baby she would simply go up to it and eat it. Then as she got a bit older she would drag it to her hide. Now she will quickly grab it as soon as she recognizes its prey, and then let go and eat it. I think, as ferociously as she is starting to grab it, she would constrict a live one no problems, but lucky for her she doesn't have to. :-)

My snakes sorta have their own style that's typical by species: my big Florida rat snakes (yellow/gulf hammock) are like feeding a boa- they literally throw
themselves into their work of constricting already-dead prey, while my corns just grab & eat, mostly without much constriction (depending on their mood?),
and my Trans Pecos rat snakes tend to eat politely off the tongs- they'll approach & then stop & tense-up...they appear as if they're going to strike but then
as if remembering their manners, lol, they politely eat from the tongs. I had one years ago (a w/c adult) that carefully took food from my hands, but I didn't
continue doing that. She'd refuse prey on my flat open palm, but would take it if I held it between my fingers so it stuck out a little, as if being careful not to
bite me by mistake. My rosy boa prefers to constrict her f/t, while my TX Longnose is happy to just eat them, he "knows". When I kept rattlesnakes, they
usually like to "make sure" by biting first & waiting, but some learned to eat right off the tongs. So many kinds, so many "styles".

Another thing: many snakes catch on that pinkie & fuzzy rodents (mice OR rats) cannot fight back, so they just gulp them down, even if live, but once they
graduate to larger prey, they will constrict until they learn they don't have to (when always fed f/t- p/k).

You kept rattlesnakes.... oh my!
Did you ever get bit?

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Originally Posted by Jellybeans

You kept rattlesnakes.... oh my!
Did you ever get bit?

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Of course not! :cool: and yes, for 20 safe years. Used to rescue, relocate, & did educational programs with those un-releasable. At any given time I had as many as a
dozen rattling room-mates in my house, even in my bedroom. I miss them- lots of personality, & they mellow out when they realize we aren't going to eat them. ;)