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I find it interesting that Pablo (my male CRB) and my ball pythons only wrap their prey a little bit, but every time I feed Mercedes, she wraps the rat with every inch of her body. It isn't a large one, it's a weaned rat, I think she just goes for the overkill. LOL! She LOVES her food, which makes me very happy considering that I'm dying to breed this pair.
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~* Jen *~
Jen,
...Great PIC. When I feed small live rats to my CRBs they both constrict them like they are really serious about it. CRBs are just amazingly strong snakes. Much stronger than BRBs. It seems a little odd to me because they do not have the head size and ability to extend their head and mouth around a big meal like a BRB does. It seems that the BRB that has the larger head and ability to eat a larger meal should be the one that has the magnum constricting power to kill larger prey animals.
Jeff
>>I find it interesting that Pablo (my male CRB) and my ball pythons only wrap their prey a little bit, but every time I feed Mercedes, she wraps the rat with every inch of her body. It isn't a large one, it's a weaned rat, I think she just goes for the overkill. LOL! She LOVES her food, which makes me very happy considering that I'm dying to breed this pair.
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>>~* Jen *~
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>>Pink Lady Constrictors
I know what you mean, I actually hear the impact when they hit their prey. I feed Pablo prekilled just because he's not always that great at constricting, but he still hits it hard and fast. Mercedes chases her prey down the minute I drop it in -- she zooms from across the tub and is on it within seconds. They're both fantastic eaters, they never turn anything down. I have to get an updated weight on my girl and see where she's at.
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~* Jen *~
haha yeah that's pretty good. My corn snake actually does the same things and then holds on for a couple minutes, even though i pre kill the mice for him. One time He actually squeezed so hard he popped a blood vessel in the mouses eye and blood got every where. You just got to love over zealous eaters 
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Tim
0.1 Colombian Rainbow Boa
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Wow! She is really serious about that rat!
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Aubrey Ross
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