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hello,
i have 2 females that were on f/t, hit about 700g, and stopped eating. i tried different times, lights, different feeders, ect... they are now reliably eating LIVE small rats. it's the only thing they seem interested in. soooo...

anyone ever found a way to prevent the possibility of the snakes getting bit? biodegradable muzzle???

i know there are some people on here with bp's that they don't want to be chewed on either. thanks...

jonathan

HAHAHAHA!

poor little lemmywinks....if only he could have gone the other way ......>>>>>>Ha! again.....

....what a politically correct TV show .....

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Snakes get bitten by rodents in the wild all the time and do just fine. Just monitor the feedings. If the rodent is biting, so it from doing so with a pen or something.
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If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

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...crazy glue?...

....really...?...bred snakes for 20 years...hundreds owned at any given time...live fed 99.8 % of the time....and one snake bitten ...a baby ball....bitten and ruined by a hopper mouse...my thoughts...the snake was stupid and a wus....?....

....you said small rats....throw them in and stand there....you'll hear the pop or not...wait 10 minutes ....or less....they eat or they don't...not much in between alot of times.....

.....don't let it in all day or night....*(I have accidentaly left a small rat in the cage for a couple days...no harm done...and I cannot believe it didn't chew out of the box)...

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Superglue & duct tape = toxic. Wire & staples = indigestible.

I thought about I thought about pulling their little teeth, but figured this would bring some bad publicity. Lol

I enjoy trying to bring some humor into most situations

I never lost a snake to bites. A couple decades ago I did have a redtail get some chunks bitten out of it's side by a rat.

I do wait with live. I might be a hobbyist but I do have some common sense I got up to a couple dozen colubrids a few yrs ago. It got to be more work than pleasure so I seriously downsized. I just have a couple pair now. These are my first bp's. I have been able to switch eveything over to f/t for yrs. Bp's still confuse me that they will switch to f/t and then go back to only live. I feed them what they will eat. I still don't like the possibility of having them chewed on.

Anyway... I'm still debating on some biodegradable dental floss and making a little muzzle. Would make for a good you tube video. Lol

best topic header ever.

you should write for snl or the onion.