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shaking the prey

bigbosky

bigbosky

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I've seen alot of feeding videos where people shake and pull at the mouse with their tongs once the snake has it wrapped up. Why do people do this?
 
It simulates living prey. I don't need to do that with my snakes. They're happy enough to just take it from the tongs or sometimes I just drop it in their feeding container.

If a snake only wanted to eat live, jiggling a frozen/thawed or pre-killed mouse might entice it to eat.
 
i currently pull on and jiggle the prey to elicit a feeding response. after she bites i hold on hoping that she will constrict, but she's a little young for that.
 
Not to mention seeing a snake strike and wrap up at max speed and max power is just cool.
 
It's mentioned in Kathy Love's new corn snake care book that it is just a good exercise for them to use all those muscles without risking the injuries of feeding live prey.
 
Our corn, Hermes, sometimes will ignore his dinner if I don't make it do "the zombie dance". But once his interest is peaked, I let it go.
 
I like to make them work for it. lol I usually make them slither around the tub a little bit, then make them fully wrap the mouse. I like my snakes to be ripped! Haha!
 
Im a new snake mommy! So I only know the basics. It is good to have them constrict the mouse? I need to get tongs then because I just drop the pinkie in the cage with scissors.. probably not such a good idea. My little dude is about six months old i think.
 
I don't bother with any of mine and it doesn't seem to have adversely affected them. With a new arrival, it's best to concentrate on getting your babe feeding reliably first. I wouldn't try any new tricks for a few months yet in case it gets put off eating.
 
Prattj said:
Im a new snake mommy! So I only know the basics. It is good to have them constrict the mouse? I need to get tongs then because I just drop the pinkie in the cage with scissors.. probably not such a good idea. My little dude is about six months old i think.
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Lol I used to do the same thing!! It's good to invest in a pair of tongs or long tweezers (which is what I use now). It's beneficial to have them constrict their food because they use certain muscles doing so and it gives those muscles a workout. I never had a young corn constrict their food, from my personal experience you can usually get them to start constricting their food once they are on fuzzies or hoppers.
 
ha okay ill invest... i dont want to accidently cut him. I just get worried if he bites it out of my tongs or whatever that he is going to hurt his mouth on the metal. Do you just shake it and then drag it around and release when he is about to strike? Or hold? by the way! When did you start feeding yours fuzzies? how long was the snake? etc
 
I have some I feed by hand that snatch it away and do the death roll, and I have others that are far too laid back to eat that way. And few are so shy they get a warm mouse put at the mouth of their cave on a deli cup lid and the drawer slowly closed behind them. I kind of cater it to the snake's style.
 
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