rockerbaby
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ok i am doing this second one cause i don't know how to do this thread thing just to make sure it will show up!well my snake has never tried to bite me before and right before i fed it it tried to bite me!WHY?
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Lyle
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It's not wrong to handfeed your corn inside it's home. Everyone has a different opinion. I have done this for 2 1/2 years and never got bit not even struck at. I make sure that my hands are washed and only hold the mouse by the tails end. Also I make sure that she's lower than my hand and then I dangle the mouse in front of her so that she does not notice my hand. She then quickly bites it while constricting it. Amusing to watch. She will also eat them if they are laying on her shavings. Dead of course.
Hand feeding is fine...depending on the feeding response of the individual snake...
I have some that I can hold and hand feed...but I have some that I will NOT hand feed if you paid me (well depends on how MUCH you paid me :dgrin: )...
Some have a very aggressive feeding response...where others are very calm...and some won't eat with you present regardless of what you do.
All depends on the snake...
I would feed it in a seperate container...I put the prey in first...and then the snake...it is usually easier to get a hungry snake into the container if it smells food...I have some that will come out of their hide and right into the container...no help needed...
I have some that I can hold and hand feed...but I have some that I will NOT hand feed if you paid me (well depends on how MUCH you paid me :dgrin: )...
Some have a very aggressive feeding response...where others are very calm...and some won't eat with you present regardless of what you do.
All depends on the snake...
I would feed it in a seperate container...I put the prey in first...and then the snake...it is usually easier to get a hungry snake into the container if it smells food...I have some that will come out of their hide and right into the container...no help needed...
peep_827
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Monty struck at me too!
Yesterday was our 2nd feed, 2 pinkys in a deli cup. I put them in and then Monty . . . well he was really hungry (I just gave him a tiny pinky last week for our 1st feed and I'd meant to give him another sooner but hadn't). So he got VERY excited when he smelled the mice and started to come out of the container in his excitment! I went to push my otherwise docile little friend back in the cup and he struck at me. Now, as soon as I saw him S back I got my hand out of the way and just got the lid to the cup and pushed him in with that. So no bite, tho I did get a little adrenaline rush from being struck at, kinda scary even with a tiny snake! He gobbled up both his pinkys and has been kickin' back since. LOL I didn't blame him, I knew that it was my fault he struck at me, he was just hungry and excited. But boy was I surprised when he started coming out of that cup . . . my kids were right there watching and I didn't need an excited, hungry snake loose on my dining table. LOL An interesting experience, but I won't let it happen again, in the future I'll have the lid IN HAND before I let Monty go into the cup! :laugh:
Yesterday was our 2nd feed, 2 pinkys in a deli cup. I put them in and then Monty . . . well he was really hungry (I just gave him a tiny pinky last week for our 1st feed and I'd meant to give him another sooner but hadn't). So he got VERY excited when he smelled the mice and started to come out of the container in his excitment! I went to push my otherwise docile little friend back in the cup and he struck at me. Now, as soon as I saw him S back I got my hand out of the way and just got the lid to the cup and pushed him in with that. So no bite, tho I did get a little adrenaline rush from being struck at, kinda scary even with a tiny snake! He gobbled up both his pinkys and has been kickin' back since. LOL I didn't blame him, I knew that it was my fault he struck at me, he was just hungry and excited. But boy was I surprised when he started coming out of that cup . . . my kids were right there watching and I didn't need an excited, hungry snake loose on my dining table. LOL An interesting experience, but I won't let it happen again, in the future I'll have the lid IN HAND before I let Monty go into the cup! :laugh:
moreptiles
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I had a small corn snake bite me the other day when it was going for a mouse. Her mouth was wide open and so her teeth got stuck in my finger so she couldn't let go. I was careful to not jerk my hand when she bit me so that I did not injure the snake. Then I gently removed her teeth from my finger and then she quickly grabbed the mouse with no second thoughts. Other than a few micro drops of blood on my finger and a few tiny holes, I hardly even noticed it. My point is that you need to be careful if your snake bites you that you not pull your hand back. Otherwise, you will hurt yourself more if you rip the teeth from your skin, or worse, you could hurt your snake.
Mark
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