ashesc212
Sub-Adult Member
Last night I asked my boyfriend to feed Weaver. Well - apparently he wasn't listening to me the day I told him that the mouse should be no bigger than the widest spot on the snake's body. Anyway, he feeds Weaver the LARGEST mouse in the frozen collection which is twice as big as all the others, and WAY too big for Weaver. I come out when it's too late and Weaver already has the head in his mouth. I didn't know what to do and I've never owned a snake before. Foolish me thinks that if I offer him a smaller one he will let go of the first one. Well as you probably know, that didn't work. Then I risked trying to take it out of his mouth, I learned that that is not a good idea. Weaver started rattling and he's not even a rattler with a rattle. I was in shock. After an hour or so, he finally swallowed it and then blood started coming up his throat like vomit. :shock: I panicked and didn't know what to do. I thought it was an internal injury...well, as it turns out, I think it was just from squeezing the mouse so much because he was fine after and slithering all around his cage. Anyway - I was petrified.
So - what do you do if your snake latches on to food that's too big? I know my bf won't offer a big one again because he had to hear about it for an hour or so! But - just in case!
So - what do you do if your snake latches on to food that's too big? I know my bf won't offer a big one again because he had to hear about it for an hour or so! But - just in case!