Another feeding event for the books...

[xdeus]

So last night was feeding night and all of my snakes are hoovering them down just fine. I gave my two little girls a couple of large rat pups when I noticed that one of the pups had some large gashes around the head. I got these from RodentPro, so I expect a little shipping wear and tear on some of them. No biggy, and the snake struck and coiled just fine.

After they were all fed I went to check that they all ate, but this snake is just sitting on top of her meal. So I grab it and offer it again... she strikes it and takes it again.

10 minutes go by and I see she didn't eat it AGAIN. So I go to grab it and notice that it doesn't have a HEAD! Apparently the gash was worse than I thought and she ended up just eating the head off of it. I was pretty disgusted at this point in seeing a headless pup, especially after I had just finished eating. Apparently so was the snake because she had no interest in the decapitated body after that...

[joepythons]

Wow that would give you a little problem keeping your meal down after seeing that .Now if that rodent would have been giving to one of my corn snake breeders they would have finished it headless or not .

[Sapphire7]

As your snake constricted the rat pup and with it having a gash on its head. The force of the constriction could have caused the head to exploded. I've seen animals eyes pop and everything as they're constricted, so this may have happened to your snake's food.

[xdeus]

As your snake constricted the rat pup and with it having a gash on its head. The force of the constriction could have caused the head to exploded. I've seen animals eyes pop and everything as they're constricted, so this may have happened to your snake's food.

Maybe, but I think the gash was probably worse than I thought and the snake tore it off as it was swallowing. If the head came off during constriction, I wouldn't think the snake would just eat the head.

Wow that would give you a little problem keeping your meal down after seeing that .Now if that rodent would have been giving to one of my corn snake breeders they would have finished it headless or not .

I know what you mean. I had a corn here over the summer and he would eat anything you put in front of him. Cute little guy, not shy at all and very easy going.

[jglass38]

As your snake constricted the rat pup and with it having a gash on its head. The force of the constriction could have caused the head to exploded. I've seen animals eyes pop and everything as they're constricted, so this may have happened to your snake's food.

Probably not. If the head exploded, there would have been blood and tissure all over the place, not just a missing head. Rodent Pro is notorious for poorly packaging the rats so that the dry ice sits directly on them in the box. I have had rats arrive headless and some where the dry ice just partly cracked the skin and after warming up the head was already flopping around.

[xdeus]

Rodent Pro is notorious for poorly packaging the rats so that the dry ice sits directly on them in the box.

And lets not forget those rats that look like they were swimming in urine shortly before being euthanized.

[jglass38]

And lets not forget those rats that look like they were swimming in urine shortly before being euthanized.

One of the many reasons I wouldn't buy from them again (although I did consider it recently and thought better of it).

[Sapphire7]

Probably not. If the head exploded, there would have been blood and tissure all over the place, not just a missing head. Rodent Pro is notorious for poorly packaging the rats so that the dry ice sits directly on them in the box. I have had rats arrive headless and some where the dry ice just partly cracked the skin and after warming up the head was already flopping around.

Well usually when I have to tempt my corn snake when I first got him (he was 8 yrs old) and I had to make the brains show on the mouse because he wouldnt feed and would only eat small rats which seemed way to big for a 5 foot corn. Well trying not to get off subject. When he constricted it blood would come out and get a bit messy so Im figuring anything that has a gash on its head may just make blood or liquids come out of it anyway, so the head could of just popped. Like when my corn would eat there would be blood right where he ate at and I'd have to clean it up. But I agree with you. Rodent Pro is notorious for porr packaging. But thats when you pick up the phone and complain and a couple times I've had disgusting mice comming in they'd refund my money or send new shipment to me. But another reason I'd rather just go to my petstore a few miles away and by f/t food.