My snake just ate a live mouse

.. Litterally alive.
Problems?

thats what mine eats, as long as it wasnt wild i dont see a problem. and as long as it wasnt chewing on your BP

it was to my kingsnake not BP.
it didnt kill it before he ate it..
just like down it went squealing and everything..

really? thats okay...?

what size mouse was it? If it was a small mouse or fuzzy then the snake should be fine.

Sometimes they don't bother constricting the smaller prey items, rat pups or smaller don't put up much of a fight and appararently go down smooth alive as well as dead.

Don't worry, it's suffocated by now, if you can't see any injuries on your snake then it should be okay. I'd say move to f/t for that snake since it may do it again.

very small fuzzy mouse..
he always squeezes his frozen DEAD ones.. so the one time i give him a live one he doesnt squeeze it or anything

Maybe he just wanted to feel what it would be like wiggling all the way down. My dad used to eat tiny fish right out of the water and said it was cool cause they wriggled on the way down.

haha.. he seems to be fine.. i just didnt know if they could eat them totally alive.. so it freaked me out.
i can just imagine the little guy clawing his way out. aha

luckily fuzzies have small claws, im unsure if they are even fully developed.

either way others are correct its not uncommon for small prey to get swallowed live they suffacate quickly as the snakes stomach muscles are rather strong.

although with your first post i was inclined to think your snake constricted first lol i didnt get it haha

yeah, i wasnt quite sure how to word it.
but. he looks to be just fine :)

Snake should be fine.

As for your nerves it can bother some people particularly the first time it happens.

And then for the mouse side of the equation, I'm pretty sure its a gonner. :)

It is not unusual with colubrids, all mine I have done it and one of my female milk still does from time to times even with rat fuzzies :rolleyes:

this guy has always had trouble eating..
he had somethng droped on his head the 1st week we got him :( and so i tihnk it damaged his eating ability.
he ALWAYS bites and trys to eat stuff from the side instead of head.. and now.. decides to down it live, but yet when there dead he will sit there with it wrapped up for a good 10 minutes.. oh well.. as long as he eats it in the end.. im happy :)

hey. don't wanna jack the thread or anything but i was wondering... kings are colubrids right? not classified as true constrictors? is that right or is that something my demented subconscious made up?

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Originally Posted by LYDIA

it was to my kingsnake not BP.
it didnt kill it before he ate it..
just like down it went squealing and everything..

really? thats okay...?

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Yep, colubrid.