So I think I need a couple of snake hooks......

[dr del]

Just to open the tubs on feeding day.

I was half way through feeding the BP's and it was Cleo's turn.

I leant down, put my hands under the handles so nothing hung over the lip when it opened.

Turns out Cleo isn't daft and knows how to change direction mid strike.



She didn't want to let go either.

And this was before I even took the rat out of the thawing box to offer it to her. Who says you can't get a good feeding response on F/T.

This is it after the clean up and medicinal whisky. The headline seemed appropriate.



To add insult to injury the remaining two snakes fed after that also seemed to find my wounded paw more attractive than a measely rat.

So I'm thinking of making or buying two small snake hooks or a pair of gaunlets.


dr del

[Juliemay13]

Wow, she did get you! I hope you have better luck on the next feeding

[snakesRkewl]

I love aggressive ball pythons, they make feeding time an adventure

[Homegrownscales]

Ouch!! Oh boy. What a brat! Whiskey would be my option of 1st aid as well.

[cecilbturtle]

do you feed with tongs or hemostats?

i even feed my baby hondos with hemostats. so far all the snakes ive kept have yet to mistake my hands for food. (knock on wood)

that bite looks pretty bad. how big is she?

[lk_holla]

yowch lol much worse than mine. must have been a big girl!

[Popeye]

Ouch! I bet that hurt.

[Alexandra V]

Ouch, she definitely got you! Haha yeah, my 740g male has an amazing feeding response on F/T. It's actually pretty scary, so I feed him with 12" tongs LOL

[mechnut450]

lol that nothing when your snakes thinks the hand is the rat cause you were cleannig cages and didn;t think to wash them before opening cage lol

[dr del]

Hi,

do you feed with tongs or hemostats?

i even feed my baby hondos with hemostats. so far all the snakes ive kept have yet to mistake my hands for food. (knock on wood)

that bite looks pretty bad. how big is she?

Yea I feed from 24" hemostats.

She did that before we got to that stage though - I can't open the tubs with the hemostats the way my rack works.

I normally open the tub then go get the rat and hairdrier the head and offer it on the hemostats.

This lets them know it's feeding time normally - tonight Cleo seems to have got a step ahead of the process.

And she is about the 2.5 kilo mark.


dr del