Craziest snake myth you have ever heard??

[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.