He's not dead! He's stunned!

Wonderful bird the Norwegian Blue - lovely plumage...

Fun with snake's food!
My guys (corn and bairds) will constrict anything that moves. I usually feed F/T. Using tongs, I dangle/jiggle the mouse/rat/whatever in front of the snake. This produces a pronounced enthusiastic feeding response. Usually they hit it so hard its ripped out of the forceps. Now they've got it, maybe with a coil or two wrapped around...

So...Now I grab a leg, tail, etc. with the tongs and give the mouse a good shake! This usually kicks in the old killer instinct, resulting in full-blown constriction. They almost always eat after that.

Even more fun with snake's food!
While my guy is busy killing and/or eating the first one... I get a second rat/mouse (using the tongs) and touch any free part of the snakes body with the rodent. The snake SLAMS the second mouse against any nearby solid object! Pinning it down so he can deal with it after he finishes off the one he has! My Bairds has pinned 2 mice at a time. while gobbling down the first. This works well to get him to eat multiple food items.

A word of caution...Don't do this with your hands. Never, ever, don't-even-THINK-about-it do this with a giant constrictor or venomous snake.

Be good to your snakes!

John D.







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I am so not lesdysxic!

0.1 Creamsicle Cornsake "Yolanda"
1.0 Bairds Ratsnake "Steely Dan"
0.1 Desert Kingsnake "FATTY"

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