So gross!!!!!

[skinnyrascal]

Ughhh. I'm actually glad you shared this so that I can prevent it from happening as best I can!

[Mishy]

I over heated it under the heat lamp. Had no idea that caused issues lol. I will thaw with warm water from now on!!!! I don't ever wanna see that again!!!!!!!! Lol


*MissMishyyy*

[captainjack0000]

ughhh. I'm actually glad you shared this so that i can prevent it from happening as best i can!

x2

[Aragog93]

Just another reason i feed live lol

Don't the rats void there bowels as soon as the snake kills them?

[jcoylesr76]

LOL i hate to admit it, but it has happened to me as well, first feeding of the rodentpro frozen, thawed in to hot of water, it looked like a horror movie in both the females cages. (smelled like one as well).

[h00blah]

Don't the rats void there bowels as soon as the snake kills them?

Haha. A rodent peeing or pooping little pellets while getting constricted is not comparable to when the rodent's insides being shoved out... It immediately STINKS, it's gross to see, and it leaves a gross bloody mess on the substrate and tub!

I posted a thread with a similar title to this
-WARNING: VERY GROSS-
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-%28GRAPHIC%29

Be careful heating up in warm water! If the water is too hot, it can also soften the thin belly skin and cause it to burst...

btw - I have a few extra tub slots in the rack I bought, so now I put the rodents in a ziplock bag, then put them in the tub near the heat tape before I go to work on feeding days. When I get back, they're always thawed out at the perfect temperature

[Aragog93]

Haha. A rodent peeing or pooping little pellets while getting constricted is not comparable to when the rodent's insides being shoved out... It immediately STINKS, it's gross to see, and it leaves a gross bloody mess on the substrate and tub!

Very true, never had this problem or fed live so I guess I wouldn't know haha

[SquamishSerpents]

If heated too quickly it causes the gasses in the rodents stomach to expand, causing built up pressure and...explosions, gross. I've had it happen more than a few times, and it sucks. Impatience sucks, lol.