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    So it was Gem’s first feeding today… I’ve never seen such a bloody (frozen thawed) mouse in my life. Or splatters of blood on a cheek. Or splatter of blood on a belly. None of my other snakes have such a savage bite!

    Frankly, I hope I’m never bitten by an animal like her! HA HA HA.

    Lots of pics.











    Check out that blood on the cheek though.

    And blood dripped on the substrate and on a rock decor. And blood on her own neck. LOL







    I like to believe she was caudal luring before I walked in the room. (her head is hiding behind the perch on the right in a half strike position)





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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Brutal! Lol

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    Crawling back into the reptile scene once more!

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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
    So it was Gem’s first feeding today… I’ve never seen such a bloody (frozen thawed) mouse in my life. Or splatters of blood on a cheek. Or splatter of blood on a belly. None of my other snakes have such a savage bite!
    cool pix! thnx!

    Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
    Frankly, I hope I’m never bitten by an animal like her! HA HA HA.
    hmmm let's see what that's like.

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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Fraido View Post
    Brutal! Lol

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    Right? I'm impressed O:

    Quote Originally Posted by Ax01 View Post

    hmmm let's see what that's like.
    That guy must be nuts to even attempt this even as an "experiment". Doesn't look as bloody as I'd imagined, but I'm pretty sure his skin is thicker than mine too.




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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ax01 View Post
    cool pix! thnx!



    hmmm let's see what that's like.

    None of my GTP's ever even tried to bite me. I have however been tagged by many other species and by far the worst was a very large male bar necked scrub python (over 9 feet). His head was the size of a shoebox and his teeth were very long. Fortunately he did not wrap and his teeth were more like a bunch of needles verses a saw so there was not much tissue damage, just a lot of puncture wounds. My forearm ached for a week after that. He gave no warning either, he was just chilling while I was holding him. He turned around as if he was going to climb on my arm. He moved over, licked bit and released. No strike or aggressive behavior other than the bite and afterward he returned to normal behavior. Almost like he just wanted me to know what he could do if he wanted. From that point on he never did it again.
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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Quote Originally Posted by enginee837 View Post
    None of my GTP's ever even tried to bite me. I have however been tagged by many other species and by far the worst was a very large male bar necked scrub python (over 9 feet). His head was the size of a shoebox and his teeth were very long. Fortunately he did not wrap and his teeth were more like a bunch of needles verses a saw so there was not much tissue damage, just a lot of puncture wounds. My forearm ached for a week after that. He gave no warning either, he was just chilling while I was holding him. He turned around as if he was going to climb on my arm. He moved over, licked bit and released. No strike or aggressive behavior other than the bite and afterward he returned to normal behavior. Almost like he just wanted me to know what he could do if he wanted. From that point on he never did it again.
    That sounds like a shock! The lack of warning signs/body language is what would freak me out, more than how large/small a snake's teeth are. Even if an ETB has huge saw teeth, if she gave clear warnings signs every time, it feels safer. Interesting that your scrub python only struck that one time and never did it again though!




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    Cool photos of a cool snake!
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

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    Re: New chondro... 2007 female Aru, named Gem!

    Quote Originally Posted by Reinz View Post
    Cool photos of a cool snake!
    thanks!




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    man that thing is gorgeous! the name Gem fits it very well. grats bro.

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