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05-19-04, 11:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Age: 38
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I though my friends Ball python had been bitten
Today I was watching my friends Python Jake feed and I mistook the blood of the mouse for the blood of the snake. Jake unusally missed the first, second and third time. In almost a year jake has only missed once. This mouse was able to jump incredibly quick, high and far. As a result of this I already had the thought that the mouse, being as aware of what is going on at this point as he ever could be, may try to bite jake if he was to be forced into it. When jake finally caught him it was about 2 seconds before blood began to flow from either the mouses mouth which was open and touching jake while twitching/what looked to be an attempt at biting.
I suddenly realized that even if he had been bitten, I don't know what to do or not do. So I was wondering if you could give me some information regarding anything that i may consider in preventing bites or what I should do in the event that he is bitten aswell as what i shouldn't do. Keep in mind that my friend does not want to change what he is feeding Jake .
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05-19-04, 11:26 PM
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Location: BC
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Best way to prevent it is to not feed live. Dead rodents don't bite back.
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05-19-04, 11:28 PM
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Yes I meant to make that a point but instead wrote something that only makes half sense. My friend does not want to feed dead mice to jake. So taking that into account, got anything else for me?
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05-19-04, 11:38 PM
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Tell your friend to give "jake" to someone who will. LOL.
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05-19-04, 11:40 PM
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Location: Edmonton, AB
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Yup.
C.
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05-20-04, 12:26 AM
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How terribly clever.........
Thanks for the help as you have been oh so helpful.
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05-20-04, 12:30 AM
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I am oh so happy that I could cleverly help.
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05-20-04, 12:52 AM
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Location: Ottawa, Canada
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They are being helpful.
Feeding live prey to snakes is generally regarded as a bad idea...you should do your best to get the snake eating dead mice/rats...
if your friend bought it so he could watch it eat live prey, thats lame and he shouldn't have a snake.
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05-20-04, 12:59 AM
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if your friend bought it so he could watch it eat live prey, thats lame and he shouldn't have a snake.
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TOTALLY!
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05-20-04, 02:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: USA
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I agree with jeff and punkuponastar. I used to feed my snakes live then i found this site and now i feed them all f/t its not only safer for the snake, your able to keep more feeders. check out bonzo's post in the general python forum page one called help help help please and thank you. hope this helps
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05-20-04, 05:53 AM
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bites and even parasites are usually the result of live rodents. beg your friend to get jake on pre killed and then FT prey. if he still doesn't want to, then be prepared for the worst, thats all i can say.
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05-20-04, 05:56 AM
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Also, balls should be fed rats not mice.
Trevor
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05-20-04, 06:12 AM
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You could also Pre Kill or Stun the mouse, then throw it in when it is still twitching.
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05-20-04, 09:06 AM
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Location: Manitoba
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Forever, just because you don't LIKE the answer, that doesn't mean it's not the right answer or that people are not being helpful. You won't find a more helpful and friendly group of people than the ones here. You just need to be able to accept the truth.
Tell your buddy to feed his ball python frozen/thawed rats. If he needs some tips to make the switch, he can check here...
http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~cranwill/faq7.html
And...
http://www3.mb.sympatico.ca/~cranwill/faq9.html
And if he's NOT going to switch, well then read the quote at the bottom of "BoidKeeper's" post... 
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05-20-04, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Kansas
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Never feed live unless ABSOLUTELY nesecarry.
Here are some pics of what happens when prey attacks back.
http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/j/...cc/feeding.htm
These are only one set of pics, look up other ones they are all over the net.
As someone else said, if he bought the snake just to feed live, thats sick,pathetic and lame. I don't know anyone who likes to watch an animal die when it can be humanely killed, even if it is all part of "The circle of life". It is just something that has to be done to keep their pet healthy.
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