Need some perspective (gore)

[zail]

shadi11 - thanks for posting the updates - keep them coming if you find out more.

And, to all those who think that a freezer is a humane way to kill a snake you sould be aware that even though the Snake is cold blooded, ice crystals will form internally before death, possibly causing pain to the snake before it dies.

[anatess]

sorry if the question has arised, but i cant wrap my head around the fact that the snake did not defend its self, move, strike, something ANYTHING....

it just got chewed....

You know, I actually had a few experiences with this. First, I had a bp that wasn't interested in the rat got almost-bit at the neck and the bp pulled back and struck. And then, I got another bp that was interested in the rat and then the rat jumped on top of her to try to get out of the feeding tank and she curled into a ball!

I can see this happen with a ball python. What I've observed with the 3 that I've owned for only a very few short months (so, yeah, I'm no expert, so take this observation with that in mind) is that my ball pythons are a little on the timid side. I have a western hognose who hisses and puffs up like a cobra and close-mouth-strikes when you put a dead rat next to him. I would think a live one next to my western hognose would probably get a heart-attack before it can take a bite. Anyway, the 3 ball pythons I have don't do that. They pretty much "sneaks up" on the rat in very slow deliberate movements. Now, I have a spider that takes all of 10 seconds to ambush and coil (very indiscriminate to where the rat gets struck) while the pastel will take a looooonnnnggg time to position herself for the perfect strike and gets the rat at the back of the neck 100% of the time. So, I can imagine that when a rat is big and aggressive, it sees the snake, finds no way out of the feeding tank, and have no other option but take a bite. The timid snake (especially if it's not interested in eating at the time) coils into a ball hiding its head under him. The rat now has free range to chew up the exposed body. At this stage, I think a fearful ball python would just stay coiled making a few jerks with his body to try to get the rat off while keeping his head protected. Leave him like that for a few hours and that picture is probably what you would get.
Of course, this is just my own logical extrapolation of what could possibly have happened with my meager knowledge of ball pythons.

[Abaddon91]

Im just wow I feed live but get ready to strike the rat even if it looks even a bit hungry people can really not be civil at times

[1stpalindrone]

Am I missing something here? Like a photo that everyone can see that I cant.. I know Im blind, but I have my glasses on..

Maybe its cuz Im a noob 'round here, blahhh~

<- see there! I can see this snake but...

[1stpalindrone]

Mia ?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Am I missing something here? Like a photo that everyone can see that I cant.. I know Im blind, but I have my glasses on..

Maybe its cuz Im a noob 'round here, blahhh~

<- see there! I can see this snake but...

Old thread over 2years old, OP likely cleaned up their photobucket hence no picture

[1stpalindrone]

Old thread over 2years old, OP likely cleaned up their photobucket hence no picture

Ahh, I kinda wondered 'bout that.. Thx for the insight~

[rdoyle]

they took the pic off becouse it look bad. and gorey

[kitedemon]

Google images rat bitten ball python first one. It isn't the image missing here at least I don't think it is... but it is one of many like it out there, it happens, the thread is valid either way, pick an image and hold it in your mind as you read the thread.