You did what!

[GartersRock]

So sorry about Snoopy... It's so hard loosing these guys...

How long did you wait to force feed him? Did you ever try assist feeding first? In what manner did you force feed him. How large was the prey item fed? I know of NUMEROUS occasions where snakes where force fed and died either within the hour of the next day. Due to damage from being force fed. Even if it was done gently...

[Topaz]

So sorry about Snoopy... It's so hard loosing these guys...

How long did you wait to force feed him? Did you ever try assist feeding first? In what manner did you force feed him. How large was the prey item fed? I know of NUMEROUS occasions where snakes where force fed and died either within the hour of the next day. Due to damage from being force fed. Even if it was done gently...

I'll have to ask the fiance to answer you questions. He had asked on some other herp forums he's on about how to do it, then did it while I watched. The prey was a f/t pinkie. He had never had a meal (the person we got the 2 fox snakes from couldn't get them to eat either. The other one takes f/t pinkies just fine, but we had him 2 months before he showed interest in eating. They had their first shed 1 week before we got them.) The fiance' also looked up info on how to do it for baby corns before trying. He gently pushed up (I think?) on the top of it's jaw with the pinkie and put the food in, then pulled it back to get it caught in the teeth, then put him down. He just opened his mouth wider and let go of the pinkie and sat there.

Didn't mean to hijack the thread with this, if you wanna talk more about it you can send me a private message so as not to steal the original topic

[adamanteus]

Didn't mean to hijack the thread with this, if you wanna talk more about it you can send me a private message so as not to steal the original topic

Amanda, Paige..... It's good of you to consider not hijacking this thread..... but you've started another interesting topic here. Don't go private, just start a new thread, then we can all benefit/contribute!

[GartersRock]

Oh ok. So that actually wasn't force feeding (where you force the whole prey item down into the stomach) but assist feeding. Which could not have caused death. It must have been something else then. So sorry to hear it.

An yeah sorry to hijack the thread.

[Snake lover 3-25]

hmmmm.......
well i've picked dozens of mites off of 2 corn snakes with tweezers before...... i had one snake my sister had the other.....

told this one before...... i once had a snake named chance that had cotten clipped by a lawn mower straight through the skin and some of the muscle.... had to put bacitracin on it 3 times a day because it would rub it off.....

gone down to the creek in a thunderstorm after it had been raining for three days and the creek was over flowing to collect baby toads......

cut a hole in my closet wall to get out a stuck snake...... lol the hole was about a 3 inch square some duct tape and white paint made it go away

spent all my time and money and loads of effort for/with/in them

[Loren]

I knew someone would have to have a mouth to mouth story- thanks Sid !

Shanley- you crack me up with the duct tape and white paint. Did your parents know about this "repair" ?

[Snake lover 3-25]

nope

[infernalis]

One day when she moves out, they will find it.

[Blue]

While turning up rocks in our yard to find bugs to feed the garden spiders, we came across Zipper, our king snake that had escaped 6 months earlier. We had written him off, and were thrilled to find him. He was no worse for the wear, just dirty. He has since escaped 2 more times, once found behind the piano, and once in the bedroom.

[Snake lover 3-25]

lol nawwww i hid it too well