Snake feeding
My corn snake decided she wanted to have a go at eating my hand again when I was taking her out to feed. I respect the hubris. She got a nice rat to eat once she calmed down enough to pry off of my finger and seemed satisfied with her clean terrarium.
Snake feeding
@mauve live feeding? or do you knock them out before introducing them?
Snake feeding, death
@soapone Oh gosh no. I get them frozen. They get put down by gas so they don't suffer. Just kinda fall asleep. I find live feeding to be a bit cruel. It's also dangerous to the snake since rats have teeth and claws (accounting for that requires even more cruelty).
Snake feeding, death
@mauve
yeah, why I was wondering. I always knocked out/killed before I fed my corn snake.
Sometimes it was too retarded to notice the food there, focusing on trying to escape for a while before finally switching to "oh hey, food".
Snakes are not the smartest reptiles. Then again I'm not aware of any reptiles that are much smarter.
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@soapone Yeah I kinda like how dumb they are. It's a fun contrast with how violent people expect them to be. I'm lucky my corn snake is a good eater, my ball python is a lot more finnicky. Sometimes it'll nom a bit and then shrug and go look for something else to do. 🤷 I find most predators I've encountered are pretty dumb outside of going for the kill. E.g. sharks.
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@soapone Unfortunate. 🫂 The person that had my corn snake before me actually lost her from a similar circumstance. She randomly appeared again after 4 months. They had moved on and gotten a new snake in that time. Probably hid in the vents the whole time and chilled. They're pretty resilient creatures overall.
re: Snake feeding, death
Snake feeding, death
@mauve
Maybe one day I'll get another one. Mine escaped after feeding right after a very long day of work (13 hours) and I forgot to latch the lid because was so tired. Hopefully it found a way out of the house, haven't found a corpse yet.