Is it Wrong? - Page 2

**millertime89** · 05-21-14, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by snake_ghost

Then other times she'll go fricking crazy striking everywhere, Hissing like mad and just striking at me with a fluffy mouse in her mouth.

I need a video of this please. Emphasis on with the mouse in her mouth.

Sublimeballs · 05-22-14, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by kwhitlock

every retic I've seen eat has came at it's food like a freight train!

In my experience this seems to always be the case but I have heard people say they've had Retics take their meal calmly. But a calm feeding for a retic may be different from another species.

shaunyboy · 05-22-14, 03:41 PM

all my Carpet pythons hit their prey like guided missiles then constrict them hard,they then start eating the head while the preys body is still being constricted,ive even seen them burst prey by constricting too hard

just gotta love carpets

cheers shaun

Sublimeballs · 05-22-14, 07:01 PM

Shaun my, carpet is the same. She's always been a good eater. My yellow anaconda has to be the closest to the jamps out of everything I have. If he smells food and I open his tub he's climbing straight at the rat/chick. I'm glad he doesn't have heat pits.lol.

snake_ghost · 05-23-14, 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by millertime89

I need a video of this please. Emphasis on with the mouse in her mouth.

Well she's only done it twice, In the 7 months i've owned her. But when she's just been fed and i put her tongs on my desk and walk past her, She'll strike at me but hitting the rub with a fluffy or a pinky in her mouth

Very strange stuff. But she still eats it just fine

**Tsubaki** · 05-26-14, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Sublimeballs

In my experience this seems to always be the case but I have heard people say they've had Retics take their meal calmly. But a calm feeding for a retic may be different from another species.

90% of all the retics i've owned slammed into (dead) prey as if it had been years since they have eaten, but i also owned a few that if they did not notice me tossing in food.. They slowly came out of their hiding place when they smelled it, flicking their tongue. They then continued calmly searching for it. When they found it, they just ate it. Without any 'action' to behold.

BagnaraSnakes16 · 05-26-14, 06:37 PM

lol yeah from most videos ive seen retics hit their food harder than any snake ive seen...arguable with blood and borneos those things have a powerful bite. But i just wanted to see if you guys experienced snakes loosing their instinct to constrict (specially with retics) dead prey after years of doing so....Thanks for all the opinion guys.