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Originally Posted by Will0W783
However, when we condition our snakes to eat f/t prey, they instinctually know they must coil and "kill" it, but there is no signal of death...the prey never suddenly relaxes as it's already dead and limp. Without that signal, the snake doesn't instinctually know when to let go and must judge.
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This is a good point. When you feed f/t, the snake never really sense a struggle (unless you're pulling the mouse by the tail at that point), and may still coil around it for minutes. Others somehow pick up the notion that the rat is dead, and just start eating it without ever coiling it.