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MissBean
at Sun Feb 27 16:41:51 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MissBean ]
I went ahead and fed him today, which would have been his normal feeding day at the store, and he ate straight away, no probs so far. All they had were live pinkies though, so thats what he got. There's a dealer in town that always has good quality frozen feeders, so next week I'll be going to him for my mice. I did decide to make him a seperate feeding enclosure. I took a plastic shoebox with a lid and used a soldering iron to put holes in the top for circulation. I put a water dish in and lined the bottom with a paper towel. He took both mice under the paper towel to eat them. I guess he likes his privacy, heh. But, one thing that bothered me was that he didn't bother putting coils on or killing the second mouse before he started swallowing it, is that normal for kings? I've never seen a snake swallow a mouse alive before. I'm pretty sure that it was dead by the time he finished swallowing though, just freaked me out a bit. Then as soon as he was done eating, he went for a quick soak in the water dish. I've got him in there with his heating pad under one end, and I plan on leaving him in there for a couple of hours probably before moving him back.
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RE: New Striped Cali King - MissBean, Sun Feb 27 16:41:51 2005