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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid
That was one other thing too...getting used to rats enough to feed the snakes...I did rabbits once...couldn't do it...I felt so guilty
Watching a snake feed is is one of the most highly educational things I had ever seen in life. For somehing that hardly ever moves, it strikes powerfully and quickly and then from there listening to bones being crushed (hope I'm not grossing anyone out, if so stop reading now) and ingesting is something that really never gets seen on 'nature shows.'
Movies like Anaconda and so forth have done them a serious injustice.
I also didn't realize untl after owning them that snakes have a very slooooooooow digestive process and they may only poop 3 to 4 times a year and when they let it out....the stench,
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lol that was a National Geographic post.
I never got a chance to see my rat snake feed, because when I was in highschool my mom made me get rid of him.
What happened when you fed your snake the rabbit? I don't think I could have done that either. I have a hard enough time feeding my spider, mice. This is the first spider I've fed mice too. The others I've had were all males and never lived long enough to get big enough to eat mice. This is my 1st female. They live a long time. I watched her attack a mouse twice. Ever since then and one other time, I now give her the mouse and walk away. I can't watch. The squeaking (it was so loud) of the mouse just made me..
Then watching the end result of what the venom does is incredible. The mouse is still living, but the venom causes paralysis. It just makes it easier for the spider to eat without injury. Hours later, the mouse looks more like a mouse rug, similar to a bear skin rug. All of its insides are gone. Yeah, I know what you mean, I can't watch anymore. One time I fed her a mouse and the mouse fought back, I walked away though. I couldn't watch, but when I came back, it was pretty bad. Bad mistake on the mouse's part.
Ever watch piranha feed?
ETA: I wanted to add something to your earlier post. When people see me and I tell them I have a pet spider, they look at me, then picture the spider, then look at me again..like YOU? How? I've been told that I look like the kind of girl who's afraid of spiders. lol