High fives with the kids tonight!

[Gio]

Well,
I'm sure many have posted a thread like this. I'll set the stage for those unfamiliar with what my situation is.

Our 9 year old son wanted B-day present. He researched B/P's on his own, then started bothering us non stop. We were totally against it but he's had a great school year and competed well in wrestling and gymnastics. Did very well in school and he's an animal lover with a big heart.

I finally gave in and said maybe. Then I researched, got totally into it and we have a 10 month old female Royal.

Long story short she was fed live at the place we bought her. Last week I tried F/T and got a strike and then I lost the mouse from the tongs and she bailed on the attack and it was over.

1 week later and some counseling from Aaron The Serpent Merchant and,,,,,,


I went through his feeding F/T'd warmup process,,, BOOOM! Not only a strike, she devoured the damn thing. I just read the post of somebody asking if their snake looked fat and actually started to wonder if our girl could have had a 2nd mouse. I have the correct size BTW, but she had this thing down so fast I was wondering if I should have gone for 2.

It was our 1st time ever feeding her and her first F/T'd ever.

She drank water right after the meal and then settled back in. My wife is out on a girls retreat but the kids and I were thrilled.

I'm so stoked right now I wanna get a Red Tail and start tossing rabbits!!

Obviously it's not gonna happen but WOW!! This is a great feeling.

I hope people can forgive me for the over the top excitement, but 2 weeks ago I had little to no interest in snakes outside of the cool TV programs.

Cheers,

Gio

[Slim]

That's great to hear! Nothing quite like getting a new snake to eat for you for the first time!

[el8ch]

Welcome to the addiction Gio!

I'm so stoked right now I wanna get a Red Tail and start tossing rabbits!!

lol... this is what I call, snowflake turns into blizzard!

[Izzys Keeper]

word of advice....

it gets quite addicting....!
started with one. i have nine now and still every day looking at the classifieds for more.

theyre just so awesome. i take it as my personal goal to convert practically everyone that comes in my house to snake lovers.

if you think you may be as compulsive as i am, stay away from links of morphs. thatll spin your imagination!

theyre wonderful pets and just so much different than a dog or a cat. i commend you for doing the research and giving it a chance. Welcome to the forums, im sure youll find plenty of useful advice here.

pics of the little guy/girl?????

[Mike41793]

And welcome to the addiction... So since you already have a normal gal, what 2 gene male will you be getting as a bf for her? Pastel lesser? Super cinny? Kingpin?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Congrats on the successful feeding, it really is such a cool thing to watch and a great feeling when everything goes as planned.

[therunaway]

Awesome, I've yet to get my bp over to f/t but he/she is so stubborn -_- oh well. Oh and just because im very obsessive compulsive I must tell you, no red tail would get big enough for a rabbit, just medium rats

[The Serpent Merchant]

Oh and just because im very obsessive compulsive I must tell you, no red tail would get big enough for a rabbit, just medium rats

Your kidding right?

Do you really think that a 12 foot 50 pound snake can't eat a rabbit?

[BFE Pets]

Awesome, I've yet to get my bp over to f/t but he/she is so stubborn -_- oh well. Oh and just because im very obsessive compulsive I must tell you, no red tail would get big enough for a rabbit, just medium rats

Sorry I'm a bit ocd also lol
I'm with Aaron on this one! When I had red tails it wasn't unusual for me to feed my breeder females small rabbits or even day old piglets. Especialy prior to breeding season. Even my breeder males were hammering large rats.

[Vypyrz]

I'm so stoked right now I wanna get a Red Tail and start tossing rabbits!!

I can't stop laughing...