Video of my Burmese eating the rabbit

i cant be to cautious so im posting this to see if you guys see anything wrong

YouTube - My 8 foot Burmese Python Eating a rabbit

Non reptile people might see that as being cruel and not understand that snakes need to eat too.

First off great song! Just a heads up when feeding live rabbits if the snake doesnt get them right alot of times the rabbits will use there back legs to kick the snakes and there claws will cut right into them. Most of my animals eat f/t rabbits but I do have some that will only take live and what I do with these guys is right after the coil the rabbit I grab the rabbits back legs and hold them until the rabbit is dead that way the rabbit does not harm the snake.

Here's an idea, take a video of your snake taking a crap and post that on youtube also. It's also a natural function of keeping snakes, I'm sure tons of people would like to see it. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Denial

First off great song! Just a heads up when feeding live rabbits if the snake doesnt get them right alot of times the rabbits will use there back legs to kick the snakes and there claws will cut right into them. Most of my animals eat f/t rabbits but I do have some that will only take live and what I do with these guys is right after the coil the rabbit I grab the rabbits back legs and hold them until the rabbit is dead that way the rabbit does not harm the snake.

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not sure if its necessary on MY part, but i kinda do the same when feeding live mice to my young ball pythons. i put teh tweasers under the neck of the mouse so it cant try to bite... and i kno it cant, i pin the legs down with teh tweasers so it doesnt scratch my bp

I've found something wrong. Live feeding+Youtube= Bad.

Good point about the back legs. :gj:

And yes, I don't think live feedings and youtube are a good mix. People always seem to get the wrong idea. :(

Im not really sure why people film reptile feedings. I know it looks cool when y ou first get a snake but I personally hate feeding day it takes forever to feed everyone and if I stopped and watched everyone eat that would be an all day event. I open a tub and give them the rat or rabbit close the tub and move to the next. I dont think Ive watched any of my snakes eat in over a year. Also when I watch them eat I get a little depressed because I know whats coming in a few days. A 6 pound digested rabbit is not fun to clean up

I think the largest live meal I have fed a snake was a small rat, and that was a long time ago. To the OP, you say your burm won't take F/T, I don't know about that one, I'd have to see it to believe that a burm wouldn't eat anything coming it's way, f/t or live.

I just realized, this isn't even a feeding video, it's a killing video, no eating takes place in that video that I see.

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Originally Posted by tbowman

I think the largest live meal I have fed a snake was a small rat, and that was a long time ago. To the OP, you say your burm won't take F/T, I don't know about that one, I'd have to see it to believe that a burm wouldn't eat anything coming it's way, f/t or live.

I just realized, this isn't even a feeding video, it's a killing video, no eating takes place in that video that I see.

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Burms do not always eat whatever you feed them. I have numerous burms that are picky eaters. Chloe my large albino green female will only take rats! It doesnt matter if they are live or frozen she will take both but I have tried for 2 years to get her on rabbits to no success Ive tried every trick in the book. I also have a yearling labyrinth het albino that will not take f/t and a yearling albino granite that will only except live mice she will not move up to rats or rabbit fuzzys. And I have one more normal het albino that will only eat live and I just got him on rabbit fuzzys

That would be something to see lol, I bet she takes a lot of rats. and I couldn't imagine feeding mice to a burm. My burm is like a bottomless pit, I have no doubt that he would try to eat my chihuahua if she got too close. I just find it hard to believe that the OP has 4 snakes and none will take f/t.

You have no idea how bad I want her to switch to rabbits. I have to feed at least 5 jumbo rats to her and that still doesnt leave any lump you cant even tell she ate anything. Usually 8-9 jumbos will leave a lump. And I see no reason to ever start a burm on mice in the first place but she was on mice when we purchased her and I didnt think it would be to hard to switch her but its proven harder then I thought

I fed my burm a few live mice when I first got him, but then I started to join forums and seen what can happen from feeding live and mine switched to f/t rats no problem. He's always hungry.

How many mice do you have to feed? those should be bite size for a yearling shouldn't they?

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Originally Posted by Dave79

Non reptile people might see that as being cruel and not understand that snakes need to eat too.

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what? "ball-pythons.net" If you are not a reptile person then you would not be here.

She usually takes at least 4-5. I really hate dealing with mice I dont breed mice becuase I dont have alot of things that would take mice I have two snakes that feed on mice and a water monitor that eats a mouse a day but other then that all my snakes feed on rats or rabbits.

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Originally Posted by TylerxToxic

what? "ball-pythons.net" If you are not a reptile person then you would not be here.

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I believe he was referring to youtube

rabbits have very strong kicks i own one so i know from first hand experience, i wouldnt feed a live rabbit if i were u

I wouldn't recommend posting it on youtube, because you'll get flammed quite a bit.

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Originally Posted by TylerxToxic

what? "ball-pythons.net" If you are not a reptile person then you would not be here.

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But it is "Youtube" not "snaketube" and I am also not a friend of feeding vids, especially in the combination of a person, somewhat overwhelmed by the challenge to keep a big snake (according to the former posts) but then posting a feeding vid on "youtube" with fancy music...:cool::mad:

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Originally Posted by FlowRock

But it is "Youtube" not "snaketube" and I am also not a friend of feeding vids, especially in the combination of a person, somewhat overwhelmed by the challenge to keep a big snake (according to the former posts) but then posting a feeding vid on "youtube" with fancy music...:cool::mad:

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Once again, I see no feeding, only the burm killing the bunny. Which is the stuff that helps give snakes bad reps. Snakes- Scary and scaley, Bunnies- Cute and Fluffy.

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Originally Posted by Denial

Im not really sure why people film reptile feedings. I know it looks cool when y ou first get a snake but I personally hate feeding day it takes forever to feed everyone and if I stopped and watched everyone eat that would be an all day event. I open a tub and give them the rat or rabbit close the tub and move to the next. I dont think Ive watched any of my snakes eat in over a year. Also when I watch them eat I get a little depressed because I know whats coming in a few days. A 6 pound digested rabbit is not fun to clean up

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I hate how when you look up a species of snake on youtube, trying to get a decent video, and then find that there is 200 pages of "Ball python eating rat!!"...

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Originally Posted by DBD

I hate how when you look up a species of snake on youtube, trying to get a decent video, and then find that there is 200 pages of "Ball python eating rat!!"...

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Oh My God same here! I was looking for burm care videos and all I got was "Watch my 5 foot Burmese Python eat a Rat" or "Burmese Python vs. Stuart Little" its so annoying. That is why I don't like putting up feeding videos.

I hate when you find people on youtube that have these snakes and there so proud they are videotaping it killing somethign but they dont even know what kind of snake they own. It will be a retic labeled as a burm and a burm labeled as a boa

I seen a craigslist ad and someone was selling a ball boa.

Just came back from a small vacation and noticed this thread.

Anything wrong with the vid??? Well, the obvious has already been covered.

Secondly, it looks like some type of screen is used on the enclosure doors. You are losing all required humidity with that much screening.

Thirdly, I would think that the enclosure is too small, but that's me.

On the subject of picky burms, yes they are out there. My male will only take live rats or F/T chickens. The only way to get a rabbit into him is to give him a chicken and shove the head of the rabbit into his mouth when he's almost done the chicken. At 14 feet giving him a live rat, no matter the size, is just too ridiculous. I also "gravy train" rats into my bps that are stuck on mice (I have two like that).

Chris

Too small of a tank? its a 6 feet long by 2 feet high by 2 feet deep. He is only 8 feet long right now. When he grows another foot or 2 my dad is going to build me a 10 x3x3 tank....i didn think his tank was too small and my tanks humidity stays around a constant 55-65% with the heat lamps included. I never have a problem with humidity in my tanks all my tanks stay at the right level with just a misting every once and a while and some moss. only time i have to really do some work on the humidity is when they are in shed at that point i put automatic misting machines into their tanks

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Originally Posted by Denial

I personally hate feeding day it takes forever to feed everyone and if I stopped and watched everyone eat that would be an all day event.

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I hate feeding day because it means I'm going to leave my snake to itself for a few days to digest, I'd rather be handling her!

The cage doesn't look too small for me.

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Originally Posted by tbowman

The cage doesn't look too small for me.

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So you could fit in there quite nicely, could you? I, on the other hand, find it too small for myself or an 8 foot burm. But like I said, that's just me. I would keep an SD retic in something that size, however.

Chris

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Originally Posted by Denial

First off great song! Just a heads up when feeding live rabbits if the snake doesnt get them right alot of times the rabbits will use there back legs to kick the snakes and there claws will cut right into them. Most of my animals eat f/t rabbits but I do have some that will only take live and what I do with these guys is right after the coil the rabbit I grab the rabbits back legs and hold them until the rabbit is dead that way the rabbit does not harm the snake.

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I agree great song. Amy lee is gorgeous. lol. I don't have any huge snakes, but I do the same with the few that will only eat live. I will get a pen or something and hold the mouse's mouth away from the snake. Although I was unsuccessful once :( But it was ok. :)

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Originally Posted by mumps

So you could fit in there quite nicely, could you? I, on the other hand, find it too small for myself or an 8 foot burm. But like I said, that's just me. I would keep an SD retic in something that size, however.

Chris

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Well, I'm 5', so I'm sure I can fit in there. Have you seen the cages denial keeps his snakes in? I think he keeps them in vision 6x3's(same thing my burm is in). I always heard the rule was 1 square foot of floor space for every foot of snake, but lately I have been hearing 1.5 sq ft of space for every 1 foot of snake. Even so, lets do the math, 8 * 1.5 = 12. 6 * 2 = 12. Many people keep adult burms and retics in AP 6x3's or vision 6x3's.

I do see an issue with having that screen door though.

I'm not lecturing anybody, just stating my preferences. I like big enclosures, and that's my choice. I like to give my snakes options that aren't available in a "one side hot - one side cool" enclosure. They appreciate it, I'm sure.

Chris