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View Poll Results: During the struggle of your snake constricing a rodent has it been hurt?
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No my snake has never been hurt while killing a rodent.
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Yes my snake was bitten while killing a rodent but it didn't break skin
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Yes my snake was bitten, and it did puncture the skin, but it did not scar
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Yes, my snake was bitten, and the bite left a permanent scar.
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Re: Feeding live mice and rats is dangerous... Wives tale?
 Originally Posted by bcampos
They eat live in the wild right?
Well yes, as far as I know they are not scavengers of dead prey normally. However, equating wild feeding behaviours to captive, controlled live feedings isn't, in my opinion, of any real use. Wild is wild, captive is quite another thing.
I've long given up trying to figure out how many live feeds I've supervised with our collection. I will not state it's impossible that a snake might one day be injured, I will only say what is my personal experience and what we do to minimize risk.
In my own experience, with the current collection of 26 snakes, of various ages, from three different species we've yet to see a live feeding injury. We follow very specific guidelines, we have very rigid feeding protocols that we don't deviate from, we know each and every snake and what it is capable of, we offer only well fed, well hydrated live prey that we ourselves produce, we stay to specific sizes for specific snakes. It's a lot of attention to detail, however, for us and our snakes it's worth it.
Not one bite from a prey item and the only scars our snakes carry are from injuries sustained prior to us owning them. None of the scars by the way are from prey bites. They are the permanent marks of poor care and neglect from humans.
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