Snake Update

[drache]

that sounds less scary than prying their mouth open

[Cazador]

Definitely! The best case scenario is that you just press a fish head toward the side of a snake's mouth, and it opens up. Then you just put the fish's head toward the back of the snake's mouth, and it does the rest for you. There's a continuum of options available, depending on how cooperative the snake is.

Rick

[adamanteus]

Rick, If this forum gets to the point where we can upload video clips, we could have someone such as yourself make a few educational videos to show people this kind of thing. I know force-feeding and certain other activities might be a bit daunting for a novice. Watching someone demonstrate such techniques might help a lot. What do you think?

[abcat1993]

I think you can upload video from Youtube or some other video source, or just post a link to it.

[Cazador]

I think that's a good idea, but I've never used Youtube or uploaded a video anywhere. Maybe someone with experience could e-mail some directions to me, and I'll do it.

[abcat1993]

I've only seen it on other sites that I can't remember the names of right now.
Also: Bump if anybody knows.

[KITKAT]

BUMP!

I couldn't resist.

But seriously, just visit Youtube and register. Registration is free.

Next, log in.

Once you have logged in, you can see links that were not there before.

Then click on "upload videos".

The process of upload is pretty much the same as it is here... you have a "browse" button, guide it to the file on your computer, and tell it to upload.

One problem I have is that my husband's good camera takes videos that exceed the memory requirements of Youtube... so I take videos with my own camera that has less megapixels, and it does fine.

[abcat1993]

Well, I just measured my snake from a pic from March 6th, and my snake grew another inch + 1/2. And, he/she ate a larger mouse (still considered "pinky" by Petco and had no fur) and a nightcrawler today and could have probably had more.

[Cazador]

Excellent Matt!!! It's as if someone flipped a switch on that snake's appetite. Keep trying to put some weight on it.

Rick

[abcat1993]

Or, maybe it just feels better eating in it's tank. I mean, it ate so much faster and actually "hunted" the worms. It was kind of funny though when he/she got a piece of bark stuck in his/her mouth.