Best place for snake to strike mouse

[butters!]

is the head the best place for them to strike a mouse?

[Drew87]

I would say yes if you feed live like i do its the best place that way the rat or mouse cant come back around and bite the snake

[nevohraalnavnoj]

What you have to do is get a non-toxic marker and paint a bullseye on the mouse's head so the snake has a target to aim for. :-)

Just kidding, definitely don't do that.

JonV

[BMorrison]

Heck yeah! By the head is the way to go!

[PythonChick]

The head is definitely a good place for the snake to hit. I always worry when one of my snakes hits a rat low on the rat's body. When that happens it is much easier for the rat to potentially bite or harm the snake.

[masta_ballZ]

hey bud i would knock out the feeder before giving it to the snake, I unfortunately lost a young albino berm when i was younger and just starting out with snakes and i know a berm wasn't the best starter. anyways i put the rat with the burm and it hit the rat by the side didnt get a good coil arond it and the rat bit the head of my burm, killing it instantly. so now a always with my ball pythons knock it out where its stunned and put it infront of the snake the feeder will still jump but it wont comprehend to bite back... I say never take a chance bud...

[SatanicIntention]

And don't take that advice above me. Either feed live or feed f/t. "Thumping" the prey item is inhumane, and gives the prey a chance to "come to". When they do, they are scared and in pain, so they will lash out at the only thing available: Your snake.

Your snake knows where to strike, they have been doing it for millions of years.

[darkbloodwyvern]

best way to avoid your snake getting bit, let it do the work and keep some hemostadts in case the rat/mouse starts chomping, you can use them to move the prey's mouth away from your snake!

[Beardedragon]

Lesser gets his prey by the mouth almost every time, but it started to worry me after I read a thread about a mouse biting the inside of his snakes mouth and alot of issues afterwards. Im sure that that was a one in a billion shot, because my mouses head cant move in the clutch of allmighty lessers mouth

[Cop]

I always wear gloves when I feed mine so if my snake grabs too low and the mouse/rat has a chance to bite him I pull the rodents head back so there is no chance. I would rather be a bit "inhumane" then let my snake be bitten.