Canebrake Rattlesnake's First Live Feed and Mouse

This is the first time I've given my canebrake rattlesnake a mouse, or anything live. I think she takes it pretty well.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Canebrake
• Rattlesnake
• Feed
• Eat
• Snake
• Reptile
• Bite
• Venomous
• Mouse
• Crotalus
• Horridus

[cliffwalkinfool]

What do you think caused it to roll over so quickly? I mean, you need to account for the speed of the rodent's circulation and then how long it takes, once delivered, to destroy or paralyze the nervous system. Could the second strike have penetrated its skull? (I couldn't tell where it struck either time.)

[soulstealer9y0l]

The first time she missed actually. She did that all in one shot. As for where she hit it, I believe it was a back bite, and she could have  possibly hit the heart when the strike connected. Interestingly though, I've noticed a strange trend. See this mouse was bred here at my house, and whenever I use the ones bred here they die almost instantly when bit. But when I get ones from the pet store they last a lot longer before dying. It is weird, and I have no explanation for it.

[heylookimfat]

Lol that thing went rigid pretty quick. I wonder if dieing by venom or constriction is worse...

[soulstealer9y0l]

They both have some pretty bad downsides. But, personally I would take death while in anaphylactic shock over constrriction. At least while in shock I won't feel myself dieing, whereas I would suffer suffocation until I passed out from the squeeze. But that is just my personal opinion.

[Amon666Amarth]

fail at 0:07 lol

[northlondon10]

anything but "live" is boring

[petitebete]

wild caught ?

[cliffwalkinfool]

I vote for it being genetic. When labs breed rats, they generally select the ones that are less resistent to cancer (etc). Many pet rats harken from lab stock -- and we wonder why they die young. A man I knew was working on a breed to sell as pets. Wild mice in the gene pool reduced the sensitivity to cancer. He said told me a large gene pool would also reduce cancer. Almost surely something in your colony's gene pool makes them so sensitive to venom. But in your case, a quick-dying rat is GOOD!

[thejwninja]

@chevroletboy7 I see you know nothing about snakes what so ever.. They won't bite unless it is a small animal or unless they see there owner as a predator. Plus its a rattle snake so it rattles before it strikes somthing that is bigger than them.. Thats the point of the rattle so they tell predetors to stay away before they strike them.. If the rattle becomes fast thats then you know to get the hell away.. But other than that he has nothing to worry about.. And why do you care?

[chevroletboy7]

i can understand messin w venomous snakes is cool but does this guy even realize the strike snakes can put out and how much venom they can release, hes stickin his hand in the cage and tryin to get somethin that can kill w in seconds feed on this mouse, is he dumb or on somethin cuz i'd just drop the mouse in and let the darn snake take it. not even jacki chan or jet li can beat the strike of a snake especially one thats venomous

[illmatic826]

why dont you stick your hand in there & grab it

[pikkefar]

that mouse got a good stretching out

[Fourteen88SoCal]

damn that was fast

[Keithattal1]

Do you ever have dreams or nightmares about these snakes? What are you doing with so many dangerous snakes at your house? Aren't you afraid of them getting loose?