got bit

[Patrick Long]

should of put those penny's in the X-mas bucket at the mall ....it would have helped more

ouch :

[Reediculous]

ouch :

love tap..............

[Reediculous]

just one but im lookin to buy a pastel or a bumble bee if i can find some out here in AZ

frozen thawed......if you can get them to take it, is the way i would go

[Drew87]

she will only eat the live and they have to be moving thats why i STUN! them she wont eat frozen ones then thawed

[Reediculous]

she will only eat the live and they have to be moving thats why i STUN! them she wont eat frozen ones then thawed

even if you make it dance with tongs.......................................

[Drew87]

haha yea man ive done the tong task for ever and she wants nothing to do with it im tellin you shes a picky little girl

[tweets_4611]

If there isn't any blood, your snake ought to be alright. Just keep an eye on the spot for a few days and make sure nothing changes.

When they are talking about not stunning the rodent, it's b/c of that kind of thing. When a rodent is stunned, then wakes up, it's going to be aggressive....it's just been beat over the head. When you feed stunned rodents you have to hope your snake kills it before it wakes up. If you are going to buy live rodents, but you don't want to feed live (which can be just as safe as any other method of feeding....many members here feed live. If you want, use the search feature and search live feeding, I'm sure there are several posts about it) go ahead and completely kill it. That's something else that can be found on this site, how to pre-kill your snakes food (sorry...I'd find the pages for you but I have to be at work soon)

Anyways, instead of rambling like I am, I'll just say that the safest methods of feeding are live (the snake is very good at killing it's own food) just make sure you supervise every step of the feeding, pre-killed (make sure it's all the way dead) or frozen/thawed (some snakes have a hard time switching over to frozen food, but it can almost always be done)

Since the bite doesn't seem to be bad from what you have said, I would take it as a sign to change your feeding methods.

*Edit* So I type really slow....you guys posted three different posts since I hit the 'quick reply' button!!

[Drew87]

yea but she didnt bite the head she bit its Butt and then wrapped around it and it was able to bit her because its head was free im kinda hopein this is a one time thing becuase she always gets the head and i know what your going to say kill it or get frozen but she just wont eat those she wants nothing to do with it but when you put a live one in the cage she will nail that thing in like 30 sec of it being in her tank

[NightLad]

she just wont eat those she wants nothing to do with it but when you put a live one in the cage she will nail that thing in like 30 sec of it being in her tank

I have a male who is the same way. He was raised on live fuzzy rats, and I'm going through the process of switching him to f/t.

He has refused multiple attempts at F/T. I used a Rubbermaid feeding tub the last time I fed him (small live rat pup), and his feeding response was amazing. The best yet. It had barely touched the tub when he struck. The tub is 8”wX4.5”hX13.5”L, so it is big enough to place him in one end, while the rat is placed a few inches away at the other. I line the bottom with paper towels, too. I figure, this way there is no way to avoid noticing the food right away.

It is my hope that after a couple more rapid feeds like this in the tub, he will get to the point of equating being int he tub with eating. Then I will introduce a freshly pre-killed rat, and if he takes it, then I'll try F/T the following week.

Salzedo is only 3 months old, so depending on the age of your snake you might need a larger tub, if you decide to try this. This is an ongoing process for me, so no results yet, but I feel I'm on the road to F/T!

[claytonfaulkner]

i usually give mine a wack in the head with the fat end of a screw driver, ive been been twice from reaching my hand down the the box the rats come in. this is kinda graphic and cruel but there usually still twitching after nad i just throw it right in the take and fluffy finishes it off. a few times when she dosnt go for it right off the bat the rat just stops kicking, then i know its gonna be a long night. i would love to get her to f/t because im payin about 6.50 for a small rat right now and shes eating 2 a week.