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Ball python not constricting frozen thawed
My 8 month old ignores the mouse when I wiggle it but when I leave it in the tub he just starts swallowing it. Does anyone else have a snake that skips a step?
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Yeah - I've had a shy one take it like that a few times. Last night I actually had one take it like that right off the tongs for the first time for me. This girl normally slams them as soon as she sees them, but this time I felt like I was doing the "here comes the plane" with the tongs. She just opened wide when I got close and closed her mouth gently over the rat and kept on swallowing until it was gone. Expect the unexpected, right?
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What is being skipped?
The prey is dead so it doesn't need a squeeze.
Sounds like your snake is in the top of his class.
Yes, some of mine do this as well.
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Re: Ball python not constricting frozen thawed
My spider is particularly lazy about eating. She'll come out when she sees dinner, wait for you to put it down and then arrange it so she can use the back wall of her enclosure to shove it down her throat. No coiling. No striking. Just eating.
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Re: Ball python not constricting frozen thawed
Originally Posted by PinkPixie
My spider is particularly lazy about eating. She'll come out when she sees dinner, wait for you to put it down and then arrange it so she can use the back wall of her enclosure to shove it down her throat. No coiling. No striking. Just eating.
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Sounds like you have a smart snakey..
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Re: Ball python not constricting frozen thawed
Sunday night I moved my BP up from weaned (35g) to small (50g) f/t.
After jiggling and dropping it a couple of times I moved it toward the snake. When it was really close he struck and coiled with mouth on the rat's neck. Couldn't proceed to swallow so he let it go, went inside hide, stuck head out and got a good grip on the rat's head. Then he retracted a bit and I watched as the rat slowly disappeared into the hide.
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