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| Derek FRS |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 02:17:53
Well to night was feeding night for my boys and all was going so well fed my male pastel and all went fine moved onto feed my big boy (male spider 1317+gramslast time i weighed him) and all hell broke loose it was fair to say he was hungry lol any hows i could hardly get my hand in to get the rat in he was ready to strike at everything tonight so i got the rat on a big pair of kitchen tongs and done it that way so he struck and constricted with such force he burst the rats stomoch and guts :( was a horrible mess to clean up after he had eaten the rest of the rat so i was just wondering if this has happend to any1 else or if it is common lol |
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| Zoe |
Posted - 14/05/2013 : 09:49:51
How gross is this? Funny smell from Oscar viv so took everything out and deep cleaned although only done a week ago. I found a dead mouse stuffed up in his hide (it's like a hollow root) it's been there since thurs. really manky, moist, mangled. Has he regurged do you think or just played with it? Wired that he ate the first one and hid this one. Urgh gross |
| Zoe |
Posted - 07/05/2013 : 12:22:20
I put mine in tap water as warm as I can stand on my hand. Not had an expulsion but have had one bleed through nose and ears. Oscar went into strike frenzy lol |
| chrisc |
Posted - 06/05/2013 : 18:15:47
i warm all mine up in warm water an find it's the bigger rat's that seem to split |
| eyeball |
Posted - 06/05/2013 : 14:47:53
Oh wow, I haven't had that pleasure yet! I always use a bowl of hot-ish water and warm the weaker up for about 10 -15 mins which seems about perfect for Noodle. By that time he's usually right up to the glass as if he was saying "Come on I'm starving!!!" |
| frambo |
Posted - 05/05/2013 : 10:09:28
quote:
Originally posted by Lotabob
You also get the rat poop squeezed out
Wait that's not a normal occurence? I have to deal with that every time! |
| Derek FRS |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 20:21:54
Haha yea they are brutal feeders when they want to be but its what they are like i suppose they need to eat somehow :) |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 20:11:29
On yeah I have had the gut spaghetti feeding time effect with ll mine too. Spot does it the most because he twists while he constricts and they rip in half. Definitely a hazard of constrictors.
You also get the rat poop squeezed out, rat wee squeezed out, and blood from the nose and mouth.
Why do we like snakes again? |
| austin_89 |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 15:09:09
Happened to me once with all 4 of mine in one night, my fault, heated the rats up to quick... Was the most horrific, smelliest mess! |
| Baobab |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 08:32:52
Ahem. Jane. I already posted that. Look up. |
| JanieW |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 08:30:46
Not long ago when I fed Baileys, (Boa) of course Steve was away offshore..anyway I used BBQ tongs with a handle bit like scissors. Anyway he struck wildly, dived straight through the looped handles and coiled so tightly around the steel, mouse squashed..guts everywhere. I couldn't pull the tongs out through the hatch so what a commotion..Katana took one look at the mouse's intestines and scarpered, leaving me alone to untangle a feed crazed monster lol
Since that episode, I gots new tongs :P |
| Baobab |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 08:20:41
Always a pleasure when you get a blood and guts meal time.
Our boa did this once, fortunately when I was away. He struck the rat, splitting it open and at the same time got tangled up in the tongs. Jane had the pleasure of trying to untangle rat guts and boa in eating mode from them. Woa hahaha. |
| frambo |
Posted - 04/05/2013 : 08:20:34
Yup happened to me before
Could possibly be because you warmed up the rat too quickly- happens if I use hot water instead of warm |
