Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??

[BLMinFL]

I actually can't wait until my boa is big enough to eat my cats......I kid.....maybe.

LOL..you have one of those cats too uh? Yeah, i keep looking at my very stupid long haired cat and wonder...will my over 5 foot BCI see him as a tasty treat??? I'm kidding of course. I would never put my snake in harm...the cat on the other hand, depends on how many times at night he wakes me up by biting my face...LMAO.

[snakesRkewl]

One I continually hear.....You ball python will regurgitate if held after it eats
It seems most snakes missed this memo too

[stratus_020202]

One I continually hear.....You ball python will regurgitate if held after it eats
It seems most snakes missed this memo too

If stressed after it eats, it will regurg. Especially if it is a big meal. What's so wrong with leaving it alone to digest his meal? Do you bounch a baby after it ate? Be careful what myths we are proving here.

[snakesRkewl]

If stressed after it eats, it will regurg. Especially if it is a big meal. What's so wrong with leaving it alone to digest his meal? Do you bounch a baby after it ate? Be careful what myths we are proving here.

I didn't say I advocate bouncing the snake, I said it's a myth the snake will regurge if handled after eating, plain and simple.
I rarely handle my snakes after eating, but do occasionally especially if they spill their water or poo right after eating.
When people use this myth it's generally "don't pick up your ball after eating or it will regurge".
Of course you want to be careful handling a full snake but come on this myth is so over used and blown out of proportion.

[sarahlovesmiike]

I didn't say I advocate bouncing the snake, I said it's a myth the snake will regurge if handled after eating, plain and simple.
I rarely handle my snakes after eating, but do occasionally especially if they spill their water or poo right after eating.
When people use this myth it's generally "don't pick up your ball after eating or it will regurge".
Of course you want to be careful handling a full snake but come on this myth is so over used and blown out of proportion.

If you touch their bellies where the prey is after they eat they will regurgitate. Once it's in their stomachs they are fine. You know how they suck it in because it "tickles".

[snakesRkewl]

If you touch their bellies where the prey is after they eat they will regurgitate. Once it's in their stomachs they are fine. You know how they suck it in because it "tickles".

Another myth unless your purposefully tickling the snake after it eats?

In the wild if a snake eats 20 to 30 feet from it's den I don't believe someone comes along and places them gently in their home.
The distance traveled back will result in their repeatedly moving every muscle in their body to get home. This would be far more work than the minute amount of handling one would do after a snake eats, that is unless you tickle your snake on purpose after it eats?

[sarahlovesmiike]

Another myth unless your purposefully tickling the snake after it eats?

In the wild if a snake eats 20 to 30 feet from it's den I don't believe someone comes along and places them gently in their home.
The distance traveled back will result in their repeatedly moving every muscle in their body to get home. This would be far more work than the minute amount of handling one would do after a snake eats, that is unless you tickle your snake on purpose after it eats?

Many new owners do this to their snakes because they think it's cute that they're ticklish. Which is why we advise them not to handle for a day or two after they eat. Move the snake to clean and it will be fine. Excessively handle or touch the underside of a snake who has just eaten and they will regurgitate. It's not a myth.