I'm Mean/Stupid/Smart

Well yesterday I was feeding my collection of Boas/Pythons and I have these two snakes that need to feed in a bin without substrate. So I always keep the Balls next to each other in seperate bins and while I was feeding the male the female snuck out of the bin and sorta came inside his bin and while I was dangling (I did not notice the female sneaking in) the rat they both struck at the same time. These Balls don't coal they just open there mouth and eat it. So anyway the female struck the head (as usually) and the male struck the bum (as Usually) and they both were eating the same rat and I had no control of getting them to let go so I was stupid and got a knife and cut the rat in half. I know I'm stupid I panic. They ate the rat fine and I was happy :D but the only reason I did this was because I didn't want the Balls to eat each other.

Daniel

Ps: Please don't hate, I panic easily. Sorry Rat.

lol I can imagine that would have been a tough situation. Best bet is to feed individually, keep the rest of the snakes 100% secured when feeding another snake, resecure a fed snake before moving on to another.

Cutting the rat in half was a perfectly fine move.. I'd hate to see a snake get to the other end of a rat and begin to eat the snake that's at the other end.

Hey that sounds like a good solution to me!!!

Thanks Alot,


Daniel

:O That's freakin hilarious! I would have been like, oh crap! Then I would have freaked like, now what?

Well i would not of said it is hilarious, but you made a good decision.

I think thats a pretty quick and good solution if you ask me. I would've panicked. lol

Haha! I don't know if I would have had the stomach to cut the rat with a knife.. I probably would have used my dad's enormous wire cutter...

:rofl::rofl:


That was some quick thinking :gj:

Lol It was so weird because once I cut through the skin It was fine but the ribs were the hardest thing to cut through I was like a girl screaming when I got to the ribs!

Daniel

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Originally Posted by likebull1

Well i would not of said it is hilarious, but you made a good decision.

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I was talking about the whole cutting the mouse in half thing, that's pretty funny because I can picture the situation and freaking out. Then doing that and sitting back and laughing about getting through it. Quick thinking though.

Thank you everyone,

Now I don't feel to bad! :weirdface

Good solution, very Soloman-like.
I'd think it was funny after the fact too. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks again and this was the most scariest thing that has ever, ever happend to me!

Daniel:banana:

samrt and fast acting me i end up puking onthe snakes and the rat halfs lol.. Just point out ot themw that they only get half meals when they can wait in their assigned tubs .. :rolleye2:

Lol there were guts everywhere!!!

~Daniel

ps: I suggest to everyone to never do this because it's fine doing it but cleaning it up disgusted me the most!

Well sounds like a good decision, but the guts cleaning up probably would have gotten to me too

Lol.

Daniel

ew ew ew lol xDDD i cant imagine the torment ><;... before when my bp wouldn't eat, i tried to "expose the brain" strategy, and oh man that was HORRIBLE. i dont want to imagine wut its like to chop a mouse in half... oh wait i did ><;

Whatever happened to doing dissections in school?

EW its ribs! you cut through its ... mmmm ribs *tummy growls*:lick:

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

EW its ribs! you cut through its ... mmmm ribs *tummy growls*:lick:

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ahhhhahahaha hilarious!!!:8:

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Originally Posted by Simpson Balls

Well yesterday I was feeding my collection of Boas/Pythons and I have these two snakes that need to feed in a bin without substrate. So I always keep the Balls next to each other in seperate bins and while I was feeding the male the female snuck out of the bin and sorta came inside his bin and while I was dangling (I did not notice the female sneaking in) the rat they both struck at the same time. These Balls don't coal they just open there mouth and eat it. So anyway the female struck the head (as usually) and the male struck the bum (as Usually) and they both were eating the same rat and I had no control of getting them to let go so I was stupid and got a knife and cut the rat in half. I know I'm stupid I panic. They ate the rat fine and I was happy :D but the only reason I did this was because I didn't want the Balls to eat each other.

Daniel

Ps: Please don't hate, I panic easily. Sorry Rat.

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lol you did the right thing. dont worry. its fine.

this reminds me of the time my BP coiled a rat and began to eat it and some how the wire to the humidity gauge was in between the rat an his top jaw about halfway done the rat i was freaking out because each time he swallowed it appear the wire was going down with it so i flicked out my jack knife and cut that wire so fast i swear it was a flash then i pulled the wire out the side of his yap as he was enjoying his chow time. i don't even think he noticed.

yeah that was quick thinking lol. very funny, yet kinda sad haha

What?...no pics. I thought a camera next to the cage was required husbandry item... :8: Good job though...