A mouth full

Well I thought it wouldnt hurt to try a smallish hamster, and my guy took it down like a trooper. I really like the fact that this snake will eat anything. Live, KO, F/T, P/K, you name it, and has never missed a meal.

He is looking for more as we speak. . .
http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/lady2.JPG
http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/lady9.JPG
http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/lady11.JPG

Here he is finished, looking up at me as if he were saying "Hey! I want more!!"
http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/lady13.JPG

also I dont get why every time I feed him he tips his water... I could move it any where and he would tip it. :irkd: Oh well.

haha cute :)

Nice pics! Monty actually gave me a similar look after his last meal, then wandered into his hide. It's really difficult not to read emotion into their looks.

Is that about the same size prey as he always eats?

no actualy it was a little larger then he normaly gets. most of the time it is petstore mice that havent reached adult hood,and he can take down 4 of them in a sitting.

Hes my piggy.

That's cool I've thought of feeding a variety like that but I'm scared they'll like them to much and refuse rat's.

Thats cool that your bp will never refuse a meal. If you don't have a problem with it feeding, why are you giving it a hamster? To me hamsters and gerbils are a last resort for non-feeding snakes, why risk your bp refusing rats and mice just to give it a hamster? :confused:

Well I have found that the mice at the local petstores are sick with something, i thought it was Myco at first but I dont have the necropsy results back on the mice I left with vet. They were all skin and bones, there hair was curled at the tips and they had bald spots with some crusty stuff along with sneezing, runny noses, and they stoped eating. I'm not feeding that to my babies!

Hamsters to me are cheaper in the long run, they have no problems breeding and from what I have heard (correct me if Im wrong) have more nutrents then mice.

Sorry about spelling.

That makes more sense, I wondered why. :) I am not sure about breeding hamsters, but I don't think they are as prolific as mice or rats. I think they have much smaller litters. Get yourself a breeding pair of rats. ;)

I have feed my female hasmters for along time!! and dont have a problem and she love them, well she was:300g on 9/11/05 and knaw she is 1000g and that is only on a hasmter every week

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Originally Posted by basuca

I have feed my female hasmters for along time!! and dont have a problem and she love them, well she was:300g on 9/11/05 and knaw she is 1000g and that is only on a hasmter every week

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The only reason I asked is because hamsters are more $$$ than mice or rats arond here.

yes thats treu but here hasmter are more sheper, and rats are not easy to fiend, a rat is 4.00 something and a hamster is 3.45, that the price here, and I understand you point

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Originally Posted by Wild Bill

The only reason I asked is because hamsters are more $$$ than mice or rats arond here.

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I found a mom and pop place in the mall that sells hamsters. I got to know the gal who own the store and she gave me all the weened babies for free and gave me a pair for 2 bucks +tax. OT real quick... She also has the best looking BP babies I have ever seen, full sheds, eating and very fat. I really hope to work for her.

As for my male He was a rescue and Mice just were not cutting it. he was at 120+ grams when I got him. Poor baby, he was in very bad shape, forgotten about for over a year with out food or water. I didnt think he would servive.

http://www.hexibase.com/~jessica/ladyday2.JPG
This was his 2nd day with me.

Use extreme caution with the hamsters! I once saw a hamster fight off a white throat monitor...and the only reason the white throat got it was because it had in the past been a very aggressive "rodent disposal" at the pet store....can't imagine what a hamster could do to a wussy little bp!

He was KO first... Im not feeding a fully awake hamster. I know what the teeth of thoughs little devils can do... Plus i will only feed males, they are a little less agressive then the females. I lost two males to one female one time. the frigging witch killed and ate the 2! :eek:

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Originally Posted by jessie_k_pythons

the frigging witch killed and ate the 2! :eek:

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What's wrong with being a Witch?

I would never feed hamsters. I know that they sometimes store nuts/feed in their cheeks, and I would be afraid that it could somehow harm my snake or mess with its digestion.

I clear the cheeks first. It is actualy easy to do when the hamster is KO. I have gon over eveything that might harm my snakes, and i see nothing wrong with it.

Here is wht I do to avoid any problems:
I look the hamster over for any problems, if it checks out fine I knock it out. I open the mouth to clean out any food it is holding. then I place it in the cage and all is done.

My snakes are my children, and I would go out of my way to make shure they are going to be safe. I KO my mice befor feeding them as well. Lady is covered with bad scars due to a very large rat she was housed with right befor i got her. She will take fully live mice or what have you but she is leery about them, and gets stressed if one runs up to her.