WC 4' atrox sporadically feeding on live adult mice (no other triggers work) I went to feed him Friday night alive animal, I left the adult mouse alone in the cage, the snake struck, the animal walked away, next morning, the mouse was still alive, 11am that morning I saw the mouse UPSIDE DOWN IN atrox mouth struggling to get free, bit with both fangs one in abdomen one in chest (now I thought he was a gonner)
that night the mouse was running around the cage.

bruised tail
hematoma ears
Non weight bearing on one foot
otherwise fine
I took him out of the cage and put him in a single cage by himself for 1 week where he became perfectly normal

then tried to feed him to a 2.5 foot speckled rattlesnake
after the strike, walked around for 4 minutes then VERY VERY sudden became neurological, jumping around loss of muscle control, finally flipped onto back started bicycle kicking GASPING for air until he died 20 seconds later.

possibilities?
2 consecutive dry bites from the atrox?
Highly neurological speckled?

How does a mouse survive 3 puncture wounds into the chest from a 4' atrox? even if it was a dry bite?

Anyone ever see this before?
Any ideas?
Just wanted to share my findings and get some feedback
Sincerely
PatrickR

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• Mouse Immunity? - PatrickR, Tue May 30 17:03:58 2006
• RE: Mouse Immunity? - joeysgreen, Wed May 31 15:52:24 2006
• RE: Mouse Immunity? - PatrickR, Thu Jun 1 15:57:51 2006
• RE: Mouse Immunity? - LarryF, Wed May 31 16:56:21 2006
• This one's a long shot but.. - Ryan Shackleton, Wed May 31 21:16:52 2006
• RE: This one's a long shot but.. - joeysgreen, Fri Jun 2 05:42:41 2006