Man this stuff is just disturbing...

[sw204me]

I cam across this page when trying to find a close up picture of a pastel BP, have no idea why this page came up. It talks about the one incident where the RTB ate the BP but it has a bunch of other stuff on there that people really need to be aware of.


*WARNING* Some of the pics are really gross.

I had no idea a rat could do so much damage in a single night..

http://www.boa-constrictors.com/com/News/News.htm

[GirDance]

That is so sad... And unfortunately not uncommon. A friend of mine has a gorgeous rescued Blood Python which was unfortunately terribly burned and scarred all down her back... It makes me sick to my stomach when I see such irresponsible owners and what their lack of competant care can do to these wonderful animals.

[Kaaa]

I wouldn't know from experience or anything... but from the looks of it, that rat had to be either VERY big i would think, or the rat had to have been placed in the tank and left there for days!!! Like i said i have never just dropped a live mouse/rat that there eyes were opened and just walked away, i have done it with pinkies, when there eyes are still shut. BUT NEVER have i placed anything with the eyes open in there cages. I feed my snakes out of there cages though, except when there de-stressing after being moved in.

[frankykeno]

While those are very disturbing pictures, they do not represent how responsible live feedings occur. They mention this particular snake also had "serious burns" which leads me to believe their were multiple issues with extremely poor care on this animal. How very sad.

[dotc0m]

I've had two successful live feedings consecutively, and I've never had to worry about standing by for the whole 15 minutes. He usually strikes within the minute throwing him in after the usual 20 minute prescent.

I guess I'm fortunate.

That's kind of cruel to take pictures of the RTB eating a BP, that made me want to step on the RTB and beat it up. Those scars are really painful to look at, they're so deep. :eek:

[darkangel]

It looks like some idiot left a rat in with the snake for half an hour unattended. I hate that this is how live feeding is represented. I feed almost all live, and even though I only got into the hobby this year, I have yet to have one of my snakes bitten or scratched.

[frankykeno]

I'm pretty sure that was no half-hour of inattention to a live feed. No rat unless it's starved near to death, is way too oversized for the snake to handle, or left for huge amounts of time in a snake's enclosure does that. If we added up the hours of successful, safe live feeds done by BPNet members without incident to the snake and a clean, quick death for the rodent....well I'm sure it's an amazingly high number (I so suck at math LOL)

[darkangel]

Ignore the 'half an hour' thing. You know what I mean. A dummy left a rat in with a snake that wasn't interested or was incapable of eating, for FAR too long.

[bpshorty9]

that kind of thing makes me glad that there are people like everyone on this forum who care about their snakes!! I know i feed tiki live, but i'm there watching until the little mousie is on it's way down to tiki's belly!!! I've never had him get bitten, and i keep a pair of tongs handy just incase the little stinker tries... (we tried f/t... no luck) to let a snake get that bit up takes a VERY irresponsible person!!

[python.princess]

i decided not to click on the link... i think it'll upset me too much! some people...