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Radical



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:49 am    Post subject: Feeding Snakes Fish Reply with quote


A few years back I had a wild caught snake that I was unable to get identified .

It looked like except a darker pattern and keeled scales, so I could only assume that it was a cross breed.

Well I caught it near a river, and it would only eat fish. I would put fish in the water dish for him and let him go nuts until he was good and full about once a week.

I was wondering how Ball Pythons would react to fish, (goldfish / minnows..etc) or if they should only eat mice and rats.
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deborahbroadus
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron?

I have never attempted to feed my balls anything but their "normal" prey...as close to normal as we can get. LOL I wouldn't have a clue, but then I never fed my dogs table scraps either. Laughing
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ted1025



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had a ribbon snake once that ate fish, it's pretty cool watching them snag em out of the water bowl
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nicks2112



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

o.0 thats wierd.how do they constrict it without it slipping?Or do they just eat it live?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never heard of them eating fish before but you might want to conduct an experiment and let us know the results! :wink:
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ted1025



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the ribbon snake would kinda just snag it in its mouth and pull it out of the water and just hold it there til it dies.
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Radical



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 8:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my old snake would grab it by the head and swallow it while it was still flicking around, but he wasn't much of a constrictor.

It was cool because you could see the fish still flicking around in his stomach after he swallowed it :P
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Radical wrote:
Well my old snake would grab it by the head and swallow it while it was still flicking around, but he wasn't much of a constrictor.

It was cool because you could see the fish still flicking around in his stomach after he swallowed it :P


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