2004 Albino High White California Kingsnake, 11 months old
Kerby...
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Kerby...
Jul 29, 2005 11:22 PM
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Kerby...
Jul 29, 2005 11:23 PM
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Jul 29, 2005 11:24 PM
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HerperHelmz
Jul 30, 2005 01:33 PM
How big is that snake? It's gotta be pretty big if it's eating a weaned(?) mouse. My biggest 04' hatchling is probably only around 26" long and the biggest he'll take are hoppers...
Mike
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Kinglvr
Jul 31, 2005 01:19 PM
Was that a live mouse? I'm assuming it was by the way the snakes constricting. Nevertheless, beautiful snake man, I'm Jealous, and so is my girlfriend!
HerperHelmz
Jul 31, 2005 04:49 PM
Just because of the way a snake constricts... you can't tell if the prey is alive or dead unless the photographer states it. If I would drop a mouse into any of my baby cali king's enclosures, half of them would catch it in mid-air, and wrap around it as if it was live prey....
Mike
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Kinglvr
Jul 31, 2005 07:41 PM
Well, I guess they all differ. My snake flicks the prey with the tongue, then it pounces on it, but if I throw a f/t in, she'll just grab it, maneuver it around with her mouth and consume. She's never constricted a dead mouse. I understand where you're coming from. I guess it was foolish of me to say something like that. Sorry if I offended you.
Kerby...
Jul 31, 2005 09:08 PM
Yes, I feed live. Always have, except a few times that I've fed f/t. I feed about 5,000 live rodents a year, have been since the early 1990's. I do thump them before putting them in the cage though.
Kerby...
Kinglvr
Aug 02, 2005 07:58 PM
Wow, that's a good idea. That knocks them out, or does it just make them ultra-stupid and not know what's going on? Do they still move after you've flicked them on the head (I assume you mean flick by "thump"?)
Kerby...
Aug 02, 2005 09:09 PM
I hold them by the tail and hit their heads pretty hard against the snake rack and then put them in. Sometimes they are out cold, but most of the time they are in convulsions.
Kerby...
jlassiter
Aug 03, 2005 06:39 PM
LOL....Man that sounded funny....Done it before though lots of times.......LOL
John Lassiter
Kerby...
Aug 03, 2005 10:17 PM
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