Hey everyone, about a week ago I found a great basin gopher snake about 2.5 ft long. I decided to see how the snake would do in captivity, so far everything is just fine. Today I fed the snake a live hopper, which it ate but did not constrict first. I thought it was kinda strange, the snake just grabbed the mouse by the head and swallowed it. Any ideas why the snake would not try to constrict the mouse?
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wild caught great basin gopher question
edzphatnugz420
Aug 02, 2003 03:26 PM
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poosphere
Aug 02, 2003 04:35 PM
There's nothing strange about that. It's not uncommon. I've seen ALOT of Pits do that. I would however suggest you feed fresh killed as opposed to live so the snake doesn't get bit.
