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hi i have 2 baby burms and a baby rock..they are all doing great eating and shedding like clockwork..my ? is why do they twitch their tails like a lure when i put mice in the cage?

I've noticed this in my own burm, who's just over a year old. It's a feeding response, in antisipation of the meal. They get a little excited and there goes the tail. Just a guess really.
Anybody with a better Idea, feel free to correct me

Quig

i have been searched above mentioned topic but i didn't get any info about it including in my book also (http://www.pythonsecrets.com) so i send a email to pythonsecrets book publisher.if i here to know any info i will surely let u know also.

steven

Hi!,
I have heard of 'caudal luring' in green tree pythons (even seen a couple of nice videos), where the animals wriggle their tails in a worm-like fashion to attract potential prey.
I keep a ball python and have noticed similar behavior just around feeding time on a couple of occassions, although it was less elaborate than in a GTP. I wonder if it serves the same purpose in burms and balls as it does in GTPs?
Jayanth

It could be possible. I can understand it happening more with the GTP because, in the wild at least, they are bird and/or monkey eaters. The tail twitching would have greater effect, I would think, in luring a bird/monkey closer than luring a rodent. Not saying you're wrong, I just think a twitching tail would more likely spook than lure a rodent. Although it is more a luring motion than a twitching. Just an uneducated guess.

Quig

hi,

Below mentioned site has been send by my book publisher. in that site they explain tail twitching, caudal luring, so on.

pls go thru it may help u

http://www.smuggled.com/TaiThr1.htm

steven