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Trying to feed one of my cal kings and she struck at the zip lock bag that the mouse was in. How do i get her to let go?

Never mind, she gave up!

Dampen a paper towel with rubbing alcohol and put on the snakes nose. It will let go.
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Randy Whittington

Thank you, I will know for next time...if it ever happens again. I didn't think it was ever going to let go

Thanks for the quick response. I know y'all think I'm crazy. But I had a lot of "first's" tonight. One of my mandarin just refused to eat. And they have been very aggressive eaters, up until now.

I got bit tonight for the first time, by one of my smaller kings. Drew blood. And then this. I feed all my snakes in the same container. One at a time of course. And I was just being careless.

I pulled the mice out of the zip lock snack bags and it slipped out of my tongs into the container. The snake did not see it and then it took a leaping strike at the bag. A very good strike. Had a mouth full. So I had a hold of it's head with one hand and the bag with the other. He was doing a "kill squeeze" around my wrist. It would not let go for the longest time. So I told my wife to get on the forum to ask what to do. I was a little concerned at the time. I did not want it to rip the bag and swallow plastic, that would not be good. Any way, I know what to do now. Thanks again.

DAVY

A side note:
I would either have separate feeding containers for each snake or wash the feeding container between feeding each individual, just to prevent any transmission of ailments.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Yea, Thanks, I do sanitize and wash out the container between feedings. I learned that pretty quick because I could tell that a lot of times the snake being feed would twitch and jerk around, worried about the smell of another snake rather than the mice I was trying to feed it.

Here is another thing I learned last night. I love to hold my snakes, and they seem to love to be held. BUT, I got in the habit of getting them out and holding them while there food was defrosting. No more. Even though I would wash my hands between each feeding, apparently one could still smell food on my hands and thought my finger was its dinner. LOL.

DAVY

LOL!
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

DAVY

Davy -- the next time a snake has latched onto something you don't want it to (e.g., a plastic bag, your hand, another snake), take it to the nearest sink and run cold water over it (holding the snake's head tilted down). The animal will release its grip very quickly. Cheap and fast and it always has worked for me.

Good luck!
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Tom Corley

Thanks I'll try that next time.

DAVY