Bigger feeds..Advice..

[JLC]

If you could see the picture of a poor baby ball python on another forum that was fed a medium rat - I would say it's not true. And the scariest part is they fed it live. And I DO mean - this was a baby ball fed a medium rat.

I'm glad I didn't see that....wherever it was.

[rabernet]

I'm glad I didn't see that....wherever it was.

It was easily 3 x the girth of the snake, maybe even 4 x. Joanna can correct me if I'm wrong - she's familiar with the poster (and the picture) - but I'm fairly positive it was live feed. Thankfully, there didn't appear to be any wounds, but the snake was definitely miserable looking.

[Grim91Z]

I wanna see this picture. How dumb can you be to feed a rat 3 times the size of a snake?

[lisa77]

god how awful, which forum was that ?


Deebo had 2 fuzzies last night. He swiped them straight out of mummys hand - he is quick ! thats the first time he has done that, before I have had to leave him in pitch darkness & leave it in an empty toilet roll tube..!

[sweety314]

Be sure to develop the good habit of using tongs or something OTHER THAN your hand/fingers to hold the prey. Otherwise you might get tagged instead. It's even MORE of a concern if you feed FT. Your hand will sometimes have a hotter heat signature than the prey and they'd head to your hand instead of the mouse/rat.

Just good practice to not feed, literally, by hand.





RuLyn

[lisa77]

thanks ..thats the jist im getting from others..I hand feed my 2 corns..but i think Little Deebo wont be so little for long if he (hopefully) continues to eat like this..!


Thanks

[kavmon]

god how awful, which forum was that ?


Deebo had 2 fuzzies last night. He swiped them straight out of mummys hand - he is quick ! thats the first time he has done that, before I have had to leave him in pitch darkness & leave it in an empty toilet roll tube..!

wait until you see the feeding frenzy of a female bp that has laid her eggs!


vaughn

[cassandra]

Tongs/tweezers/hemostats are good. I bought 2 pairs of 12" hemostats from LLL, one for each snake so as to eliminate possible cross contamination on feeding day - then I just throw them in the dishwasher so they're clean (and not rat/mouse smelly) for the next feeding day.

I think what I've gleaned from BP.net is if in doubt, go smaller because small, regular meals helps keep your snake digesting well, feeding regularly and not obese.

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

It was easily 3 x the girth of the snake, maybe even 4 x. Joanna can correct me if I'm wrong - she's familiar with the poster (and the picture) - but I'm fairly positive it was live feed. Thankfully, there didn't appear to be any wounds, but the snake was definitely miserable looking.

Medium rat : 100-195 grams
Baby ball: 65-100 grams

So the meal was 1-2x the weight of the snake? Did it die?

i dont know how a baby ball could kill a medium

[SnakesvsRodents]

Medium rat : 100-195 grams
Baby ball: 65-100 grams

So the meal was 1-2x the weight of the snake? Did it die?

i dont know how a baby ball could kill a medium

Me either its hard to belive. Did he actually get it down? can some one post the link to that pic, im really curious about it.