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bps516
at Thu May 26 06:58:57 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bps516 ]
When I was feeding my bp last night he went completely berzerk.
I normally feed him once a week and just moved him up to small rats and as soon as I got it in the room he came out of his hide and shot over to the side that I was putting the rat in on. I normally place it in with the tongs and have to dance it in front of him. This time he struk it 4 times really quick before I could even drop it. Well, on the forth strike he missed the rat and ended up with a mouth full of reptile carpet (I just happened to put the rat in right at one of the seems between pieces of carpet). Upon grasping the carpet he held on and coiled around the edge of the piece until he either thought it was dead or realized it didn't taste quite right. He went from there and (with the rat right beside him) he began striking up at the light.
Has anyone else seen this kind of behavior when changing from mice to rats? And on a side note, what else have people seen their bp's attack by mistake (other than hands, fingers, etc)?
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Bryan, Atlanta GA
1-0-0 Ball Python - Apep
1-1-0 Rats... no wait... ROTTEN Little Cats - Ra, Bastet
0-1-0 Little Angelic Kitten - Isis
1-0-0 Horse... whoops... BIG Golden Retriever - Jake
0-1-0 Wife
2-0-0 Kids
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 missed attack - long post (sorry) - bps516, Thu May 26 06:58:57 2005
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