wow, that's an amazing picture. So let me get this straight, your snake struck the rat than let go of the rat with his mouth and is just coiling it to death with his body before he eats it? I never seen this before my ball python always keeps his mouth on the rat. Also, i never heard of a BP starting to eat the rat before its dead, don't they usually coil it until its dead than start swallowing it?
Originally Posted by TheSnakeGeek
Kind of disturbing.. and it's my first time seeing this. tonight is feeding night. dropped all the live rats in there like i always do. checked back on em a few minutes later, and my Blue eyed lucy had a rat's head swallowed but i could see the rat's stomach still gasping for air and hear it moaning from inside the snakes mouth. poor thing. it was close to dead any ways.. and i dont usually feel bad for the rats, i'm moreso happy the snakes are actually eating. lol i'm just glad my girl wasn't over this time. she probably would've cried. lol
anyone else ever seen this?
this is the same snake that i've seen snatch up a rat without even striking. needless to say, she's one of my best eaters. lol
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