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So I just got in a cute little pair of sumatran bloods. Tonight I went to feed the female a f/t mouse, Well to my surprise I didn't get the "typical feed response" I would expect or get from my carpets, or the macklott hatchling that I just fed and mauhled another mouse. Back to the blood point, She slowly crawled up to the mouse on the tweezers and raised her body up smelled it and very politely opened her mouth and started to swallow the mouse! no strike no constrict! Now this being my first bloods I have to ask if this is normal? Well thats my tale many thanks.

I've got a few that don't constrict at all, I just toss the rat in the cage and they come over, find the head end, and start eating. For a long time though one of my bloods didn't like to eat it off the ground, but didn't take it off the tongs either..... so I would place it in front of her, let her sniff at it for a while, and then I would have to use the tongs to lift up the rat's head and then she would start to eat it. They can be funny snakes sometimes.... that's one thing I love about them. Then of course there are some where I have to throw the rat in as quick as I can so they don't take my arm off, and as soon as they find where it landed they nail it and constrict, so I guess the feeding response really depends on the individual snake......
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-chris-

my bloods are THE best mannered bloods in the world. Who cares about color and genetics when you have a blood like mine that will not eat, until his napkin is secure around his neck.

I guess once he shot rat guts all over the place and after that it was dinner etiquite numero uno.
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The New Redpython.net

wiht my lil black guy well not so little no more he is in a freedom breeder rack tamest guy ever but man once lights go out and he smells food i have to use my 3 foot snake hook to slide open the drawer and as quick as i can slide in a medium rat in the tiniest of openings and he nails the rat so hard thet him and the rat hit the fron of the cage he is one bad @$$ feeder scares the crap outta me lol

My yearling blood is almost as tame. Usually, her tongue will start flicking when I toss a F/T feeder in, and then she'll casually eat it. Every now and then, she'll constrict it, but not normally.

I think she's a little shy...

Bloods are great snakes in my book.

Alright thanks guys, it just amazed me to see that. obviously the mouse was no pro and there both about a foot long "hatchlings" should I try to move to rat pups or wait a few more feedings?

This is how i feed my burms, and how my friends feed their tics.

Ok I fed the male I got and got the typical smash and grab response. I just purchased some rat pups for them from rodent pro, that should'nt be to big for them?

you can start them off at two rat pups per feeding twice a week if your humidity is right.