my girl got bit once but nothing bad happened from it, she continues putting the hurt on the rat and ate it after it finally died.
what happened was she just happened to do a face grab on the rat but the rats mouth had to have been open at the time cuz it had it's bottom teeth on the side of my snake's face just around an eye and the top teeth were chomping down on the top of my girls head...YIKES! i know...
i grabbed the rat by the bridge of the nose with 2 fingernails and just held onto it so it couldnt bite down. (i had no tongs to stick in the rats mouth at the time so i had to do what i had to do).
i didnt let go of it until i noticed my girl starting to uncoil which was my cue that the rat was dead and she was gonna get ready to swallow it.
the only thing that resulted from that was some kind of an abrasion like spot on the top of her head that went away with the following shed.
99% of the time, my girl takes a few seconds to zero in on the spot she wants to hit and every time she does that she usually gets her mark.
the last feeding was this monday and she actually grabbed the rat when they were literally nose to nose (the rat was sniffing her). another face grab, but with this one, she had her mouth over the rats mouth and nose.
my current collection
1.2 kiddos
1.0 better half
0.1 mojave ball python (Nyx)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Hemera)
1.0 Eastern Box turtle
3.4.? rats (? = litter coming any day now)
0.1 dutch rabbit (Lucy)
my "future hopefuls"
0.0.1 pied cockatiel 0.0.1 white bellied caique 0.0.2 guinea pigs
I didn't even know that neosporin comes with painkillers, then again i buy trip antibiotic ointment. the equate kind. i just looked at it and no pain killers. i was brought up on, put some peroxide on, quit your whinin, and get back outside! we didnt even have bandaids cuz i played with them! lol. i was a strange child! so long as no painkillers they are okay. awsome guys! you all rock & are very informative!
I am new to this whole thing of keeping my awesome Snake Loki & their bro Chin.
My rescues:
0.0.1 Normal Ball Python - (Loki)
1.0 Chin Chin Pu PimpChillia- Chincillia Standard (RIP 3/30/2011)
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