LadyStefanie
05-11-2005, 02:38 PM
Sunday I purchased a precious little (hatchling) female ball. (Quite lovely - pics coming soon) I talked to to the vendor about her feeding and was told she takes live fuzzy mice (ugh to live, and ugh to mice!) but she eats no problem. Ball that eats. Cool.
Home we go.
She looks a little thin, so Monday, I went and picked up a little fuzzy and took it home to see if she's interested. If not, something around the house will be. Put the snake and mouse into a sterlite for feeding and proceeded to finish cleaning water bowls. She's sitting on the counter next to me and Hooray!! She's eating.
Wait.
Is that thing still alive?
Oh. My. God.
It is.
However, she took it down with no issues and constant monitoring on my part have shown no evident ill effects.
In many years and many snakes, I have NEVER seen this.
Does anyone else have experience with this?
Words of wisdom? Anything I should worry about?
I'm kind of wondering if maybe she's previously taken f/t or p/k and thats why there was no strike/constriction.
Home we go.
She looks a little thin, so Monday, I went and picked up a little fuzzy and took it home to see if she's interested. If not, something around the house will be. Put the snake and mouse into a sterlite for feeding and proceeded to finish cleaning water bowls. She's sitting on the counter next to me and Hooray!! She's eating.
Wait.
Is that thing still alive?
Oh. My. God.
It is.
However, she took it down with no issues and constant monitoring on my part have shown no evident ill effects.
In many years and many snakes, I have NEVER seen this.
Does anyone else have experience with this?
Words of wisdom? Anything I should worry about?
I'm kind of wondering if maybe she's previously taken f/t or p/k and thats why there was no strike/constriction.