Talk About Agressive Feeder

[slartibartfast]

Yup, Torhild, pet name "Hammer". As soon as the tub slides open, her head shoots out. I'm a wuss and don't have tongs....I kinda drop the rat in her direction and she snatches it out of the air. Once she's distracted by squeezing, I push her back in so I can close the tub. She's never missed a rat yet.

She's the same one who hit a vein in my wrist when she bit me and gave me a huge purple bruise for days...hungry hungry girl.

I can get her out and clean her though...I just watch her carefully. If she keeps eating at this rate, she'll get her first boy this fall. :-)

[tigerlily]

I wasn't even feeding two days ago, and Dandylion came flying out! (I only opened it 2 inches for heavens sakes!!) She's still miffed that she missed a week of food while I was out of town. But otherwise she's exactly the same EVERY week. You gotta have that food ready to drop the absolute second you slide that tub open.

[Kizerk]

The other day, one of my females did that, it wasn't even feeding day. She was all in the S position ready to strike. I calmed her down and then took her out. Tense moments : )

[frankykeno]

I think I remember Jamie posting pics of a few of his doing the hanging out of the tub coiled on prey thing. Amazing how these relatively lazy, slow moving snakes can become pure energy when they are hunting.

[Spaniard]

C'mon Glass,

Show your ba...I mean pictures.

[daaangconcepts]

Here my pic.





btw his tub is empty b.c he spilled his water, I was using this opportunity to replace his newspaper and what not.

[SatanicIntention]

And this is why I use 12" hemostats even though I feed live. To fend off the "bitey things" that aren't fuzzy

Little Wirenth, even at 300g(or whatever she weighs now.. she's a fatty), JUMPS out of the tub and tries to nail me everytime I go to feed. Any of you feeding box people want to come try and feed her? Heh. I can't even do the stealthy SWAT team thing you are doing Jo, as she means business. I have to hold her back with the hemostats and drop the mouse in the corner where she isn't looking, then I quickly close the tub.