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ding ding
08-27-12, 04:52 AM
my big girl isnt the sharpest knife in the drawer and tends to find the most awkward way of getting her prey into her...
doing bad things to a chick lol...
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/false%20water%20cobra/Picture011.jpg
sideways mice, if she doesnt fel like finding the head she just folds them in half and down they go...
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/false%20water%20cobra/Picture012.jpg
http://i817.photobucket.com/albums/zz92/dingding83/false%20water%20cobra/Picture013.jpg
would have got some of the male but the viv stays firmly shut when he is in feeding mode...
thanks for looking...
shaunyboy
08-27-12, 07:42 AM
glad to see it's not just my carpets,that are a bit thick when it comes to eating
i have a male irian jaya and a jag,that eats every way but head first...
the jag took over 2 hours to eat a rat backwards,after having a rats back leg sticking outside both sides of its mouth
he looked knackered after it all :D
great pic's mate
thanks for sharing
cheers shaun
snake man12
08-27-12, 07:45 AM
My dum only eats head first but it takes him like twenty minutes to find the head. ugghh
ding ding
08-27-12, 08:50 AM
glad to see it's not just my carpets,that are a bit thick when it comes to eating
i have a male irian jaya and a jag,that eats every way but head first...
the jag took over 2 hours to eat a rat backwards,after having a rats back leg sticking outside both sides of its mouth
he looked knackered after it all :D
great pic's mate
thanks for sharing
cheers shaun
thanks mate, yea both falsies a pretty much just jam them in any shape but my young male boa has a fetish for eating backwards.
He will strike hard and fast, i mean he has literally threw himslf from one side of the viv to the other to get at the rat but when hes sure its dead (i feed F/T, he doesnt know lol) he spends the next hour or so playing with it then down it goes backwards every time.
I looks so much of a strugglr you would think they would catch on but no, scary to watch sometimes...
I thought it was just my lot that where numptys, good to see mine arent the only ones...
UwabamiReptiles
08-27-12, 08:56 AM
I have a carpet that does the same thing. She usually eats her rats backwards and it takes her forever to get it down. That chick pic is funny though.
Rogue628
08-27-12, 09:04 AM
lol Wow. Every once in a while one of my animals will try to take their food sideways. :wacky:
My dum only eats head first but it takes him like twenty minutes to find the head. ugghh
I wonder if it's a dumeril thing. Both of mine are the same way. Squeeze for 15-20, then another 20 or so minutes to find the head. But as soon as they find it, it's gone in about 5 minutes.
I have a 6' burm that is still hand fed. I don't use tongs...hold the rat by the tail, dangling it in front of her. She just comes up and grabs the rat by the head and starts eating away. (not every time, but it's common for her)
My carpet I HAVE to feed on tongs. She hits so hard, she's left the tail still in the tongs :shocked:
When all mine were smaller, I used to feed chicks every once in a while. It seemed to confused them because they'd spend several minutes trying to figure out what end is the head lol
snake man12
08-27-12, 09:07 AM
My dum has a wicked feeding response,it must be a dum thing , mine does the same thing.
Excuse the clumsy english.
My falsie is the same way. The feeding response on these snakes is just incredible! Mine will hit hard and fast and will use the walls or branches to help get it down quick.
ding ding
08-27-12, 09:30 AM
all this crazy eating habits must be alot more common than i thought, suppose it just never really comes into conversation?
rmfsnakes32
08-27-12, 09:54 PM
I have had a few snakes that like to take it backwards its gross to watch but really cool they can stretch themselves that much to take it all in
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