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stevethornley
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 02/04/2011 : 13:49:46
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... a success! Hooooooraaaaaayyyyyy!
So pleased to have the significant 3rd one down her. Would you all think it's ok to start handling her a little more now? We'll leave it the recommended 3 days, so I'm figuring we could get her out on Wednesday for a few minutes?
Hope you're all having successful feeding attemps. It seems that many leave it to the weekend.
Steve
PS - took her 41 minutes to eat ratty - she seemed to enjoy playing around with it first. Is this unusual?
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0.1.0 Royal Python - Kate
0.1.0 Beagle - Poppy
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 13:58:33
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CongRATS! A RAT trick!
Yes, looks like you'll be able to handle her next week.
They often stay coiled round their prey, or mess about, for ages. It's like they are making really really really sure ratty is dead, and of course, in the wild, as adults, they'd be tackling quite large prey and to relax their hold too soon would mean no dinner, even though the prey is invariably stunned or even dead within seconds, so I reckon it's an instinctual thing.
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Tawfik47
Fully Grown Royal
Czech Republic
1584 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2011 : 15:20:39
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| Congrats !! hope I'll success in my first attempt next week :) |
1.0.0 Common Boa - Revo CB13
I had a royal python (Blitz) for two years for those who are wondering what I'm doing here with my boa :D |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
5008 Posts |
Posted - 02/04/2011 : 17:46:56
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| Aww thats brilliant you have a good feeder there. The constricty ones really do mess around with their food. Statrt small and often with handling and work your way up to full arm chair walkies (thank BATS for that saying you'll end up using it too). |
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Strawb
Yearling
Germany
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 18:42:07
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Congrats on the third feed.
Yes, you can take her out on Wednesday as previously mentioned, and remember to not be nervous. Always pick them up with confidence. Tia hisses at me sometimes, but I don't take any of it. |
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Lotabob
Royal Python Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 19:32:06
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stevethornley
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 20:08:52
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Originally posted by Tawfik47
Congrats !! hope I'll success in my first attempt next week :)
Ah, good luck Tawfik47 - I'll try to send you positive feeding vibes LOL!
Thanks Lotabob, BATS and Strawb. Wednesday it is, little and increasingly frequent... if that makes any sense. Hopefully we'll be able to keep it going but with Royals, as they say, you never can tell!
Interesting BATS what you say about them 'playing' with their catch to make absolutely sure it's dead before consuming. Either that, or we've got an incredibly silly snake who can't tell an arse from a head.
And here's another point of interest, well, for me anyway. Every time we've put Kate back in her viv post feed, she's opted to go in the hot hide and stay in there for hours when, usually, the cold cave is her preference. Anyone shed any light as to whether or not being hotter aids digestion? It's the only thing I can think of. Apparently, crocodiles bask in the sun post feeding in a similar way!
Steve
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 20:31:29
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LOL, Shahi always ate his mouse arse-end to begin with ... after he'd had a good coil and think about it.
And now you come to mention it, yes, I've often noticed them, both royals and corns, going into the hot end after feeding. Instinct again, I reckon. |
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Dio
Yearling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/04/2011 : 20:37:51
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| Snake's use alot of metabolic energy digesting their food so need the hotter temperatures to do it. |
0.0.1 Royal Python (Dio)
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