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Feeding: strike and release?
Boots just shed yesterday and I brought home a rat for him. He coiled up and hit it pretty quickly, but then immediately let it go! Its ear is bleeding and he's just ignoring it. What just happened?
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Mine did that with frozen mice before but I don't really know why either.
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That's a defensive strike. He doesn't want the rat and was trying to get it to go away. This is why I have boas and retics, if one of my picky live-feeder-only ball pythons isn't hungry there's another hungry snake available who will take it.
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Re: Feeding: strike and release?
 Originally Posted by bcr229
That's a defensive strike. He doesn't want the rat and was trying to get it to go away. This is why I have boas and retics, if one of my picky live-feeder-only ball pythons isn't hungry there's another hungry snake available who will take it.
It looked like he was stalking it though. Wish I could get the video to attach.
I think this is it.
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It looks to me like the rat may be on the big size for him, which could be why you're seeing the strike that you're seeing. He is probably hungry, but knows his eyes aren't bigger than his stomach.
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I agree with Eric, the rat seems a little big.
Last edited by midgard; 05-20-2015 at 06:28 PM.
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Re: Feeding: strike and release?
Originally Posted by Eric Alan
It looks to me like the rat may be on the big size for him, which could be why you're seeing the strike that you're seeing. He is probably hungry, but knows his eyes aren't bigger than his stomach.
I'm not so sure. That's a very small medium. He usually eats large :/
Originally Posted by midgard
I agree with Eric, the rat seems a little big.
In person it seems small compared to him :/
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Re: Feeding: strike and release?
Originally Posted by SCWood
I'm not so sure. That's a very small medium. He usually eats large :/
In person it seems small compared to him :/
How big is he? I'd even say a medium is too big for him. Most males will thrive on small rats their entire life. Live large rats are very capable of defending themselves and will do some pretty decent damage to a BP.
Side note: I feel like we've had this conversation before. Have we?
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Re: Feeding: strike and release?
Originally Posted by Eric Alan
How big is he? I'd even say a medium is too big for him. Most males will thrive on small rats their entire life. Live large rats are very capable of defending themselves and will do some pretty decent damage to a BP.
Side note: I feel like we've had this conversation before. Have we?
Maybe...? I think 1800g  now that you mention it, he fed steadily on small rats and stopped when I switched
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1.1 Red-tail
0.1 Albino corn
2.1 Ball Python(Sterling, Boots, & Eden)
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0.1 Kitty Cat(Willow)
1.0 Chihuahua(Panda-Bear)
2.0 Betta Fish(Finnley & Pescado)
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Re: Feeding: strike and release?
Originally Posted by SCWood
Maybe...? I think 1800g now that you mention it, he fed steadily on small rats and stopped when I switched
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