Snakes usually have hamsters for lunch. But when rat snake Ao-chan and dwarf hamster Gohan-chan met at a Japanese zoo, it was love - and not at first bite. Now, the 120-centimetre snake and gray ha...
Snakes usually have hamsters for lunch. But when rat snake Ao-chan and dwarf hamster Gohan-chan met at a Japanese zoo, it was love - and not at first bite. Now, the 120-centimetre snake and gray hamster are room mates, living together in a heated glass box.
Gohan-chan, whose name means "meal" in Japanese, was literally, meant to be the snake's dinner. "When we first found Ao-chan, the snake refused to eat so we went to a pet shop but was told they were out of frozen mice and suggested we try a hamster. However the moment we put it in the cage, it was instantaneous friendship and the snake seemed to have no appetite for it," said zoo keeper Kazuya Yamamoto.
But the love is obviously is shared only by the snake and the hamster. Hanna-chan, a mouse-hunting cat, has been eyeing Gohan-chan ever since Ao-chan decided to befriend it.
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well of course that king snake is not going to eat that hamster that looks like a mouse would be more sutable for that snake. when i feed my snake i wont feed it and much fatter than the snakes widest girth area.
or as a pet itself the snake would just like a dead meal ... my rabbit prefers rabbit pellots to grass, although clover gets eaten, so i guess it's the hampster-smell
nice idea, but the pheromones thing doesnt really work because i feed my snake (same species as in the video) dead mice all the time and he never refuses to feed. unless of course the fear pheromones are still lingering on the mouse from when it was killed but i really doubt that.
Okay...Wanna know whats REALLY up?? (I am a Herp-Head..(I own and have worked with many reptiles) In order for the snake to want to eat it, the mouse(or hamster in this case) was not putting off 'fear' pheramones..The snake, who smells it prey with its tongue, needs to smell the fear, to whet its appetite...Or? as you say...The temp was probably too low, hence, the snake wasnt hungry, as reptiles need heat to become hungry (They cant digest anything without it..) Or? They know eachother well..
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The cat is jealous though.
Or? They know eachother well..