MY Snake, Royal python striking and missing

[robbieboy12345]

screw dead ones i just get a mouse bang em against the glass some u no make em kinda loopy then my snake bites em wraps around kills him then eats him

[slacker361]

dose the Darwin award apply to snakes?

[NamisNinja]

Wow. For a second I thought the pink thing was your finger coming out of that black circle in the background :P.

[salk1R]

your snakes fucked,

ive never known ball pythons to be aggressive,

[Richiewallace1983]

you are so very wrong...how do you expect snakes to eat...sat at the table withg a knife and fork!?!

IDIOT

[WhoIsSean]

We tell snakes when to eat, so what happens when you put a rat in and your snake isnt hungry? Or isnt feeling up to eating? The rat has the upper hand and a scared rat is an agressive one and if you have ever had a bite from a rat you will know it could easily harm/kill a royal.

[Richiewallace1983]

yes, that is why its best advised to feed frozen -> thawed prey!

[lockster96]

hell get stressed in tha cage mate !

[SexyBear77]

what do you expect wild snakes to do, invite the prey over for a cuppa and a slice of cake?

[thebetterhaloplayer]

Woow I think he's almost blind, impossible to miss that LMAO!

[adamroyles]

I agree, hold the mouse with the tongs on the scruff of the neck and offer it at ground level.

[tommyig5]

ive had my royal 3 days its 1 year old and i fed it a fully grown live mouse wasnt even stressed it took it within 5 seconds but my girl python i got on the same day tryed to get it aswell lol and bit the mouses arse after the boy had half swalowed it

[yousini]

lol

[primaledge]

dude you should feed them separately because if they both go for it, and one of them gets constricted, you could end up with a dead or injured snake and nobody wants their python dead do they?! its just a sensible precaution. Good luck with your new babies, Royals are great!

[WhoIsSean]

Why are you feeding live? If your python gets used to live food you will one day be feeding it live rats. 1 bite from a rats teeth can go through the royals head and kill it. Its much safter for the animal and if you cared about your snake then you could give it prekilled.

[cliffwalkinfool]

Where did you read THAT!?

[WhoIsSean]

LOL Its simple fact. In the wild snakes eat when they are hungry and the mouse has time to get away. If a rat is cornered they arnt scared to use their teeth its what they are there for. Search google for the royal that was basically descaled and bit to peices because it wasnt hungry. I am a rep keeper and a rats teeth could EASILY blind and kill a royal.

[beckyuk2001]

What a sweety...

[sillyseal04]

try gripping the mouse with the bum instead of the tail, beacuse when the snake strikes the mouse will just swing. also put the mouse more level with the snake instead of dangling it from above. guarunteed 100% strike rate. also it makes the kill more realistic

[Richiewallace1983]

OK mate thanks, but i have been keeping snakes for a while now, so i know what i'm doing! And there is now such thing as a guaranteed 100% strike rate!

[sonofthedestroyer]

hahahahaha the snake missed at point blank range.

[2dead2die]

very nice python , Good to see he's a keen feeder!