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Eat alive! Need help !!
Hi everyone. It is the first time I have seen this.
I feed my bp 150gram a little rat pup, those haven't open their eyes yet but not really pinky.
I place the rat pup in and waited 30 mins, when I check, the snake was swallowing the rat from the back. At that point only the head is out, but the rat still squirming, so I know he is still alive!!!
What can I do, now my snake already finished the rat. Will she throw up the rat? That will be so bad I know.
Thanks
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Sometimes they'll do that if the prey item is very small. Although a rat pup is rather large to be eaten alive, he'll be fine no worries..
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Re: Eat alive! Need help !!
Originally Posted by mc5guy
Hi everyone. It is the first time I have seen this.
I feed my bp 150gram a little rat pup, those haven't open their eyes yet but not really pinky.
I place the rat pup in and waited 30 mins, when I check, the snake was swallowing the rat from the back. At that point only the head is out, but the rat still squirming, so I know he is still alive!!!
What can I do, now my snake already finished the rat. Will she throw up the rat? That will be so bad I know.
Thanks
This is perfectly normal and harmless behavior for Ball Pythons, especially young Ball Pythons.
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Thanks thanks. I shouldn't post this, because I found the same thread.
I was just so worried, so no time to read first.
Thanks again..
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Re: Eat alive! Need help !!
Originally Posted by mc5guy
Thanks thanks. I shouldn't post this, because I found the same thread.
I was just so worried, so no time to read first.
Thanks again..
Eh, no problem. Most of us have better things to do than stress over similar threads
I've had a few youngsters do that to me. What really freaked me out was when I was feeding a girl that had recently laid eggs (she didn't eat for months) and she ate a weanling rat while it was still alive! I was freaking out because she had the head down and was working on the shoulders and it was flailing around. She stopped, thought for a minute, spit it out, and constricted it. Good grief that was stressful for me, but she figured it out.
Last edited by SlitherinSisters; 03-18-2011 at 01:08 PM.
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Re: Eat alive! Need help !!
slitherinsisters - good lord that'd DEFINITELY freak me out too...
thankfully my girl takes extra time giving the rats her "bear hugs" before letting them go. i worry when she starts letting go after only a few minutes but then i kinda have to go
"ok you know what, she knows what she's doing...trust her instincts."
and then it always works out so yeah.
my current collection
1.2 kiddos
1.0 better half
0.1 mojave ball python (Nyx)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Hemera)
1.0 Eastern Box turtle
3.4.? rats (? = litter coming any day now)
0.1 dutch rabbit (Lucy)
my "future hopefuls"
0.0.1 pied cockatiel 0.0.1 white bellied caique 0.0.2 guinea pigs
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Re: Eat alive! Need help !!
I've seen it a few times and I think it's hilarious. Does that say something about me?
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