Teasing a BP with food..kinda - Page 2

alessia55 · 11-15-11, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jarich

Oh come on now. Anyone who has kept multiple snakes in multiple enclosures has had an escape or two. They have so much time to find a way out and are so good at it! I thought it was pretty funny too. I mean, you always worry that when a snake gets out its going to get inside a wall and youll never find it. Here the thing is sitting perched big as you please inside another cage. That's funny!

That's exactly how I saw it! You just explained it better

TeaNinja · 11-15-11, 02:17 PM

i don't find it funny, but that's just me. i was annoyed by her idiotic attitude and lack of care for her pets.

**lady_bug87** · 11-15-11, 03:51 PM

i think it speaks about the ability our herps have t survive. it escaped and managed to get IN to the cage to eat a bird. Not saying I would be ok if my boa got out and ate my dog so I obviously take precautions against that but I think she had a good attitude about it instead of freaking out and killing the snake for eating her bird

jaleely · 11-15-11, 04:39 PM

Jasper hadn't eaten since early July, so three small rats in a week isn't too much

his behavior before this was actually more "Guy looking for a hot date" than now. Before he only came out when he could see Saphie, our juvenile girl BP. Avoided and ignored food, hid or only came out when he could hear saphie moving, or we were holding her. Now, he comes out, stares at me, and gets very active when something in the house is going on. We used to offer him food, even though we knew he probably wouldn't take it...and he didn't. One day a couple weeks ago that other personality just turned off and he just started acting like a hungry animal..no mistaking it! Whereas before we'd wiggle the rat etc he watched us unlatch his cage, followed us move the door, and struck right on the rat. We let him eat that first one in his enclosure, just since he was acting sa voracious. Next two, a different day, we took him out and put him on our "snake feeding mat". He was unsure for about a second then struck and gulped! Since last week that snake has been begging lol
Now here is my husbands enthusiasm ...he ordered a rabbit and like three guneia pigs to "give them variety and see what they like". He got all these different sized foods since all 11 snakes are so varied insize..not to mention if something is too big it can, if needed, be sliced down. Anyway there may be a good point about changing the food from rats to something else..it hasn't been something we've worried about since each of our snakes seem pleased ad pie to gobble down anything. I was scenting with different things for my hognose when we first got her and everyone wanted what she had lol.

It is a point to bring up with the hubby though..he orders snake food like they're Xmas presents! In fact he thought it would be cute to give them a special pig dinner for Thanksgiving lol!

So also, in the year having snakes no one has ever escaped. With as many clamps and lid etc we have I have a lot of confidence the never will. I'm way too worried about their safety and that of my other pets. Yes even though chocobo flew over and spent a while teasing Jasper, they were both safe. It was funny she was staring at him & trying to figure him out, oh THEN the protective posturing *rolls eyes* I shoo'd her away when Jasper finally figured he'd climb up to get her through the lid lol
Out of all my tarantuls, other bugs, snakes cats, dogs, now bird, etc. I plan to never make an opportunities for an escape. They are all too precious!

zamaya · 11-15-11, 04:52 PM

i love Chocobo's name

id probably name mine that if i had one, lol

jaleely · 11-15-11, 05:00 PM

Oh kinda side note...the place we got him from said he was a terrible eater...that we'd have to hit him in the nose with his food, may have to force feed him...we have offered him food but never forced the issue. It wad just really cool to see him just wake up one day and we could tell he wanted food. I was so pleased when he ate! I know they can go off food for months and be OK, but this stupid place we adopted him from made it seem like he was so abused he'd never eat on his own. So, that's another reason it was kind of funny for me to see him hunting our goofy bird...he's a good boy! Hehehe!

shaunyboy · 11-16-11, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jaleely

Oh kinda side note...the place we got him from said he was a terrible eater...that we'd have to hit him in the nose with his food, may have to force feed him...we have offered him food but never forced the issue. It wad just really cool to see him just wake up one day and we could tell he wanted food. I was so pleased when he ate! I know they can go off food for months and be OK, but this stupid place we adopted him from made it seem like he was so abused he'd never eat on his own. So, that's another reason it was kind of funny for me to see him hunting our goofy bird...he's a good boy! Hehehe!

sounds like the last owner force fed him through his self impossed fast

also sounds like they harrased him with the prey item,until he decided the only way to get relief from it was to eat it

the above is only my opinion

cheers shaun

Kayla90 · 11-16-11, 12:34 AM

bahaha that's adorable!

jaleely · 11-16-11, 12:46 AM

yup supposedly one of the workers there had had him for three years, and he was always a "bad" eater. Seems like he's doing great to me! And his current, interested in food behavior has cracked me up! I go over there and he actually comes out to stare at me. I love it...begging animals are cute! LOL

citysnakes · 11-16-11, 04:37 PM

Good to hear that you didn't take their advice and got your snake eating!

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Originally Posted by jaleely

Oh kinda side note...the place we got him from said he was a terrible eater...that we'd have to hit him in the nose with his food, may have to force feed him...

Just wanted to say that these are both ways of ensuring that your snake remains a terrible eater...

jaleely · 11-16-11, 06:06 PM

yup we really weren't going to try any of that until he started like, starving on us. he just wasn't hungry! little git.

I still think it's funny the bird sat on that cage forever and tried to figure out what he was...while he looked around and tried to figure out how to get to her *lol* both so domesticated they'd never survive in the wild!!

spots · 11-16-11, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I love how instead of removing the snake from a situation where it could get hurt or eat another of her birds she instead goes to get the video camera and makes a film about it instead

HAHAHAHA Awesome point!!

**Aaron_S** · 11-18-11, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by jaleely

Jasper hadn't eaten since early July, so three small rats in a week isn't too much...

I'd just like to point out that it is probably too much for him. You're shocking his system at this point since his metabolism hasn't been working at all...for months. I would have stuck with a single small rat. He would have been fine with that.

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Oh come on now. Anyone who has kept multiple snakes in multiple enclosures has had an escape or two.

Jarich, I have kept dozens of snakes in multiple enclosures and in 12 years I have had one, ONE escape. My first snake when I was 14. I've been 11 years without an escape. Nobody needs to have an escape no matter what if they are responsible.

Jay · 11-18-11, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Jarich, I have kept dozens of snakes in multiple enclosures and in 12 years I have had one, ONE escape. My first snake when I was 14. I've been 11 years without an escape. Nobody needs to have an escape no matter what if they are responsible.

Exactly, escapes are %100 the owners fault no matter the situation.

**millertime89** · 11-18-11, 01:42 PM

granted I've only been a keeper for 2.5 months, but still no escapes and I plan on keeping it that way. I thought I had one but he had snap ringed himself into one of his hides.