Today was Feeding Day... - Page 2

exwizard · 10-17-12, 07:49 PM

...and one by one everyone in my room ate that was scheduled to eat this week. Most ate right out of my hand. This was one of the smoothest feedings I have had in a long time; no refusals, no nothing other than their eager anticipation of the meals that were coming their way.

Big Mama had to be force fed, however. We used a pup for this purpose but it's better than nothing which was what she had for the last 6 months.

This was the short week so none of the Dums ate this week plus the rodent bill was even lighter due to the fact that a retired breeder that I took home with me a few weeks ago gave birth to a litter of 6 shortly afterward. I fed off the mama rat today along with her 5 remaining pups. Rmf can fill you in on the rest after she feeds the snakes at her place. Any extras will come back here. I'm sure I can find a Dum or two that are more than willing to eat tomorrow even though this is their off week.

Also, I forgot to mention Jane. I've been trying to cut her back to every other week but last week, unprovoked and out of the blue, she proceeded to grab ahold of my elbow and wrapped herself around my arm in total feed mode. It wasnt feeding day but she was hungry. Needless to say, that's not going to happen again. She is a Mack and as a Mack, she has a ferocious appetite and Im thinking I need to feed her every week to prevent that sort of thing from happening again, so yeah, she got fed an XL today and will continue to get fed every week.

Snakefood · 10-17-12, 08:12 PM

Nice!! I got bit today too!! My little spider ball is going into blue and she missed her prey and got my finger!! then refused to eat, so I bled for no reason at all (LMAO!!)

everyone else ate nicely, except Sol, my newest corn, who has not been home long enough to attempt a feed (I wait a week) so he'll have to wait for next weeks feeding.

next weeks feeding will happen just in time so everyone has finished digesting before being packed up to go to show, so no nasty regurges will happen at the expo!! (have seen that at the last 2 shows, YUCK!)

exwizard · 10-17-12, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakefood

Nice!! I got bit today too!! My little spider ball is going into blue and she missed her prey and got my finger!! then refused to eat, so I bled for no reason at all (LMAO!!)...

I hate when that happens.

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Originally Posted by Snakefood

...everyone else ate nicely, except Sol, my newest corn, who has not been home long enough to attempt a feed (I wait a week) so he'll have to wait for next weeks feeding...

Its so much nicer when they all eat like theyre supposed to.

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Originally Posted by Snakefood

...next weeks feeding will happen just in time so everyone has finished digesting before being packed up to go to show, so no nasty regurges will happen at the expo!! (have seen that at the last 2 shows, YUCK!)

Yeah regurges are nasty, especially if they havent been caught for a few days. Its good that the timing of this show ensures there will be none this time.

rmfsnakes32 · 10-17-12, 10:25 PM

So all my corns ate, my new columbian rainbow boa ate a rat fuzzy tiny isnt sure what to think of the rat fuzzy he keeps sniffing it and pushing it with his nose! Athena my little nic is on her 6th week of refusing food, Ramone exwizards brb is so deep in blue he wanted nothing to do with the rat! Joker my new boa didnt eat this week either she is deep in blue too! My long tail boa and red tail both took their mediums cinnamon hit that rat so hard out of my hand that part of the tail was left dangling in my fingers gross! Yet kinda cool at the same time ( I know Im morbid) lol

Rogue628 · 10-17-12, 10:34 PM

Lol. I think its cool when my carpet does that. She eats one jumbo rat off tongs. No way would I attempt to feed her by hand. Half the time I'm left with its tail in the tongs. That's a hard strike!

Snakefood · 10-17-12, 11:21 PM

I only hate it when they grab and pull so hard that your left with the skin of the tail in your fingers!! Like an empty skin tube BLEH!!

Rogue628 · 10-17-12, 11:25 PM

lol That's why I feed with tongs. Halo leaves the whole tail, not just the skin...and you can see the cartilage/bone on the tail that goes into the body.

exwizard · 10-18-12, 12:38 AM

wow thats a hard hit

Rogue628 · 10-18-12, 12:54 AM

She always hits her food like a mack truck. I'll try to remember to start making a video of me feeding her until I can catch her doing it again. Or at least a pic of the tail in the tongs. She hasn't done it in the last few feedings, but when she does, I think it's amazing