Umm...Question...

[Jakesgirl]

Originally Posted by Falconeer999

A snake's body will expand. General rule of thumb I've heard is to feed an item that is 1.5x thicker than the body of the snake. You should be able to see the lump where the food is when he's down moving it down to the stomach.

I'm just a little scared I might get something too big. Before he and I got together, my bf had a corn snake. He took the advice of someone who worked in a pet store and bought something a little bigger than what he had been feeding his snake, and it killed the poor thing. That scares me.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

I'm just a little scared I might get something too big. Before he and I got together, my bf had a corn snake. He took the advice of someone who worked in a pet store and bought something a little bigger than what he had been feeding his snake, and it killed the poor thing. That scares me.

That's asinine. The snake died for another reason. Snakes simply don't eat what they can't eat. We don't need to baby these animals. This isn't directed at you, but we are arrogant to think we control that much of these creatures. Almost like without us, they'd never survive "the big bad world".

[Jakesgirl]

Originally Posted by Aaron_S

That's asinine. The snake died for another reason. Snakes simply don't eat what they can't eat. We don't need to baby these animals. This isn't directed at you, but we are arrogant to think we control that much of these creatures. Almost like without us, they'd never survive "the big bad world".

That makes sense. Maybe the animal that he fed it was sick? Or maybe the snake itself was sick. He got it from a petstore, so wouldn't surprise me. That's why I got mine from a breeder.

[Aaron_S]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

That makes sense. Maybe the animal that he fed it was sick? Or maybe the snake itself was sick. He got it from a petstore, so wouldn't surprise me. That's why I got mine from a breeder.

Could simply be your boyfriend sucked at keeping snakes. Could have been a sick snake prior to buying it. Lots of reasons. I would bet one of my own ball pythons that it had nothing to do with the prey though.

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

I was worried about doing that, because he has shavings in the bottom of his cage, and I was scared it might stick to the mouse and he could swallow it. I know, I'm paranoid.

I feed mine on cocohusk and plantation soil. My blind girl wats mouth fulls of soil if I'm not careful and she is fine.

Originally Posted by Jakesgirl

That makes sense. Maybe the animal that he fed it was sick? Or maybe the snake itself was sick. He got it from a petstore, so wouldn't surprise me. That's why I got mine from a breeder.

I highly doubt it was the prey at all. Snakes can digest just about anything so a sick mouse wouldn't hurt it.

[Jakesgirl]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I feed mine on cocohusk and plantation soil. My blind girl wats mouth fulls of soil if I'm not careful and she is fine.



I highly doubt it was the prey at all. Snakes can digest just about anything so a sick mouse wouldn't hurt it.

It kinda scarred my bf for a while. Took me a long time to talk him into letting me get one.