Gopher Snake eating a wild mouse in S. Cal

[jiggerachi]

wth thats a huge mouse

[nowhinerbabies]

This is funny because I live in this area and just last night I walked down a dark hallway towards my living room and saw a slither across the floor. This is the first time I've ever had a snake actually in my house. I turned on the light quickly to dertermine it was not a diamondback and then gently picked it up and put it out in the shrubs. I come across these guys all the time and go out of my way to save them when they lay in the road because these guys are our friends,natures exterminators.

[packercarlsenac]

beautiful snake wish i could have 1 that looked like that =)

[porteroliver]

it's really beautiful

[heart4herps]

Without snakes we would quickly be overrun with vermin.

[zombiedude1488]

hmm...i always thought bull snakes killed using constriction, prior to eating....

[shaheennobar]

pooooooor mousie.... o welll that life :/

[theoxiiii]

No constriction? Lol xD

[SlyClay117]

That mouse looks like a deer mouse but I'm no expert.

[XxADSO94xX]

When the mouse is so small it can't do anything. When my bull snake was bout a foot long, and it wouldnt eat mice... it would eat the pinkies without constricting. Baby mice cant do any harm to the snake so why would it waste energy??

[thewretched18]

this is how nature works sometimes, Snakes eat mice. Thats how it gos like we eat beef. It seems cruel but in reality everything has to eat.

[saumya44]

i thought a heard a dog too..

[dalektaliban]

i dont get your intro stroy

[dmc31405]

It didnt constrict because it was probably raised on dead mice and rats. youb should train them on both live a dead when they are young. if they wont convert you shouldnt give them live rodents, they could getseriously injured.

[Hopienme]

@dmc31405 I think this snake might be wild too...

[lassie789xox]

if i were up close i would grab the snake nd beat the living crap out of it. lmao.

[psychosnake23]

wh would you do that

[sophiesnake]

thats awful... why does't the snake kill it first?

[jay92069]

Because it had the mouse's head in it's mouth. If the mouse was able to bite the snake, it would coil around it and constrict it.

[CUBuff10]

Cause its more fun that way.