Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

I'm glad she ate for you Dave. I agree with April. They'll eventually find the dropped rat and eat. With some large snakes drop feeding is actually easier and safer. I learned the hard way trying to retrieve a dropped mouse to re-offer from tongs and promptly got tagged by my BCO. It's good that she's still small. I definitely wouldn't want to make that mistake with a really big snake.

I have boas miss strikes sometimes and I drop the rat and they basically sit on it like you are describing. Usually you are fine to walk away at that point, the boa will stop looking for you/tracking you and eventually find the rat and eat it. just fyi
glad it all worked out well

Thank you for the safety tip!

I was worried about her not eating. However, she is a BOA!

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Some pictures of Behira with Dad.