OK well i feel dumb..

[Charlet_2007]

Ok so I'm trying to feed the big hernia as Gertie calls her to get her to eat.. And this is the 2nd time I try to feed her..

So I thaw out the rabbit get it all nice and toasty warm.. She's been acting like she wants the rabbit for days now.. I throw it in there make it do a little rabbit dance like Shannon tells me to do right?? WRONG!!...

She's all looking at the rabbit then looks at me strait in the face like makes sure eyes are locked and at first it's look like YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME.. Then it's as she looks back at the rabbit that I'm still doing the dance with then gives me that GO TO H E DOUBLE Hockey Sticks look and sliters to the farthest side of the cage away from the rabbit!!!!..

My husband the whole time is watching me snoring with laughing behind my back says well would you look at that.. I'm like what? He said she just told you off.. and goes back to what hes doing..

Now you really don't feel dumb till a snake bigger then you looks at you with that look and is like why do I ever converse with you humans you are soo below me..

What did i tell her as I was walking off?:

Your Welcome Your Highness Princess Isabella!!!!

EDIT:
And now I feel EVEN dumber because put this in the wrong section.. Move please lol

[olive oil]

I have been wandering about "Hernia". Still not eating huh?
I would like to have seen you making that dead rabbit dance.:D
What if you sliced it up a bit???

[Lori P]

What if you didn't dance it at all?? Does she prefer to find it in her own time?? I've no idea, just wondering...

[Garter_Gertie]

I know nothing about boas... When did she eat last - maybe, since it's winter, she's not 'hungry' yet...???

[Charlet_2007]

the guy said she goes off feed from sept. to march but her looking food signals was all there this week and really bad the night befor last..

I don't know female usely eat alot I mean ALOT before spring to get ready for breed males on the other hand go off feed.. But shes not a male 100% female.. I dont know what sup with her just know im not goign to worry till about feb if she hasnt ate by then im takeing her to the vet.. :(

[infernalis]

Have you tried live prey yet?

[Garter_Gertie]

Have you tried live prey yet?

(passing out and cracking head a good one on desk)

[Lori P]

ROFL.... Gertie. No worries, I don't think Natalie has any pugs...LOL!!

[Garter_Gertie]

Lori, you nut! I'd never even thought of a pug! LOL!

I was visualizing a LIVE rabbit (gagging) hopping around in there. AND - have you ever heard a rabbit SCREAM? Hattie, bar the door! Loud and SHRILL. YIKES!!!

[Charlet_2007]

yeah it sounds like a pig lol our 9 ft burm at 2 before out house fire..

[infernalis]

Gertie, I hear that sound a lot. We have a large population of wild bunny wabbits living right in the yard.

When the coyotes get hold of one it sounds freaky.

Ever listen to the sounds a rat makes when a python grabs them?

Or the sound of a crushing skull as a monitor lizard bites down?

[reptile3]

Gertie, I hear that sound a lot. We have a large population of wild bunny wabbits living right in the yard.

When the coyotes get hold of one it sounds freaky.

Ever listen to the sounds a rat makes when a python grabs them?

Or the sound of a crushing skull as a monitor lizard bites down?


Oh what lovely sounds they are... NOT!!! I hope she eats for you soon!

[infernalis]

Maybe I'm weird, I can sit here and toss live prey to my animals all day long....

But I cannot sit through ANY gory movies:eek:

Folks are always trying to tell me how cool "saw" or similar films are, cannot waste my time trying to watch that crap.

Cuz I'm too busy watching my monitor crush skulls:cool:

[anji1971]

Wayne, I can totally relate!
The gory movies do absolutely nothing for me, other than make me feel ill. Chopping snake food up with scissors is not a problem at all, though. Go figure...........

[Charlet_2007]

i can watch it all movies live pray everything im not bothered abit.. now say it someone that cares about rats as pets or rabbits OH MY GOD you the MOST horrible person in the world and you going to hello for it.. :mad:

i called around to different pet stores trying to find rabbits for food for her i got hung up on more times that a telemarketer does.. i swear reptiles need to eat to.. its a cold hard fact of life.

Got one lady at the pet store she's like snakes eats rabbits? really? eyes all bight and i said no it just wants a cage mate its lonely lol

[jitami]

Natalie, do you have a feed store near you? They often have rabbits or at least bunnies. How about a comercial breeder? Rabbits are yummy :)

[infernalis]

Now, say that someone who cares about rats as pets or rabbits OH MY GOD you the MOST horrible person in the world and you going to hello for it.. :mad:


I care about all animals, Heck we even have pet mice and pet rats.

I often sit and play with the hopper mice while I am feeding them and such, However I like my reptiles a "few clicks" more than the fuzzy little rodents.

[Loren]

I was thinking the same as Tami- maybe the agricultural approach will be more productive- feed stores and the like.
Also, have you thought about just trying a live large rat (with supervision) ? It would be a small meal, but still a meal.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

If the snake is eating rabbits, I would stick to them for now simply for the fact that the snake may become "addicted" to other prey items and not want rabbits anymore. This happened with my carpet python and she will NOT touch a rat no matter what I do. She is addicted to mice and had been before I purchased her.

Natalie, a few questions for you. What size cage is the snake in, and how long is the burm? What type of method are you using to heat her and what is your substrate?I couldn't seem to find the other thread with this snake in it. If she is truely a female I am pretty sure she should be pounding anything you offer her.

Have you considered feeding pigs instead of rabbits?

[Charlet_2007]

If the snake is eating rabbits, I would stick to them for now simply for the fact that the snake may become "addicted" to other prey items and not want rabbits anymore. This happened with my carpet python and she will NOT touch a rat no matter what I do. She is addicted to mice and had been before I purchased her.

Natalie, a few questions for you. What size cage is the snake in, and how long is the burm? What type of method are you using to heat her and what is your substrate?I couldn't seem to find the other thread with this snake in it. If she is truely a female I am pretty sure she should be pounding anything you offer her.

Have you considered feeding pigs instead of rabbits?

its the one she came in till we get taxes.. its the 6 foot long by 3 1/2 foot wide by 2 1/2 foot tall vision cage... she's between 13 to 14 foot.. there's a heat panel on the top on the left and 2 under the tank heating pads the ones from boaphile the ones that thin wire things under the left said so she has a whole left side that is heated.. with a thermostat.. the right side is cooler for her.. I mister her 2-3 times a day to keep her humity up..

right now substrate is news paper for quatine precausions...

she also has a 2 1/2 foot long bowl of water so she can get half of her body in at a time to bath and drink..

havent tryed pigs yet..

[Garter_Gertie]

I'm outtie. Yeah. I'm REALLY outtie. I no can take.

WOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEE!

Furshure! Thass me!

[Charlet_2007]

Im sorry Gertie im about as dumb as my post says i am and tired to boot.. this surgery has got me messed up thinking of bad things i hate going under the knife so to speake... if its not in my control i HATE it lol.. same with tornadoes scares the hellos out of me.. im beside my self..

[olive oil]

I don't know if I missed some posts but it looks like Gertie just called herself a wussie because she can not handle the rabbit & pig stuff. I don't think she said anything bad about you.???
I hope your surgery goes well. I will be thinking of you Monday:)

[Garter_Gertie]

Natalie! NO! Honey, I wasn't talking about you! (Thanks, Zoey!) We've gone from rabbits to piggies and I just can't handle it like you guys can. I AM a wuss!!!!!

I'm a big fat baby. I just get these mental pictures and can't shake them. I mentally understand and accept the food chain; my heart just has a mind of its own and won't buy into it.

(((((Natalie))))) and I, too, will be having good thoughts of you Monday.

[Charlet_2007]

thank you all.. your a great bunch of friends.. I hope to see you all sometimes and finely put a face to the name..

[guidofatherof5]

Good luck on Monday you are in our prayers.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

my only suggestion for now is to not offer food again and just completely leave her be for two or three weeks, gives her a good chunk of time to herself and allows her to hang out for a while unbothered. She can probably sense that she's not in the same place. Not sure if you guys have been doing a lot of handling or not.


my other suggestion is as soon as you can, move her to a much larger cage, seeing as that one's entirely too small and she's most likely very cramped!(and I am not blaming that on you of course, just saying that in general)

so that leaves me torn... she probably should be able to come out and stretch every now and then... because she is folded in half constantly, but then again she probably would also benefit from getting a good 2 or 3 week period alll to herself....