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Well, I fed both snakes today. I think I'm going to feed them together just so that I can not forget to feed Badger. Unlike Anthony, he doesn't drastically change his behavior when he's hungry, so it's harder to tell how often he needs to eat.

Anthony, brilliant boy that he is, once again managed to eat his mouse backwards, after first trying to eat it from one front leg, and sideways. *shakes head*

Badger, on the other hand, is quite smart for a snake, and when he gets the mouse sideways, he works his jaws from side to side and moves it around in his grip until it's head first. Really neat to watch! But he has a totally screwy feeding response. He doesn't strike and doesn't constrict, he just kind of noses it, then opens his mouth and starts in. Anthony has nearly taken the tongs right out of my hand more often than not, but I could probably feed Badger from my hand if I cared to handle dead mice. He probably wouldn't last a month in the wild, but that's okay, I have no intention of letting him escape.

Date: 2007-12-08 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] emirasan.livejournal.com
I've been wondering if it's the fact you feed pre-killed that has Anthony eating the mice backwards. Lucky used to do what Badger did and kinda nose at it before mouthing around to it's head from the side till she got a taste for live, but Spooky having always had live consistently went for the head on strike and ate the rats head first. Guess if it's dead it really doesn't matter which end goes down first, though it would be a lot more comfortable from the front end.

Date: 2007-12-08 11:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bladespark.livejournal.com
He strikes at the head. He's got it by the head while he's constricting. Then when he's sure it's dead, he lets go entirely, and noses around it, and tries to eat it in every possible direction.

I think he's just dumb.

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