By clutzirella - 07/08/2015 06:32 - United States - Bradenton

Today, I fed my 4ft python a live rat for the first time. He now has a new friend he won't let me near. FML
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clutzirella 17

the snake is not dead or bitten. I knew what I was doing and the rat is dead and eaten. they were all buddy for a matter of 20 minutes.

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martin29417 11

Your Phyton is probably not hungry right now or something is wrong with his stomach

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Feklfekl2222 32

As soon as he gets hungry he'll eat it, so unless the rat shows signs he wants to bite your Python I wouldn't worry

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martin29417 11

Your Phyton is probably not hungry right now or something is wrong with his stomach

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beeneatenalive 12

Or it's a vegetarian. No, no definitely not that.

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Redoxx_fml 22

Phyton the photosynthesis diet version of the Python

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Feklfekl2222 32

As soon as he gets hungry he'll eat it, so unless the rat shows signs he wants to bite your Python I wouldn't worry

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dantee2005 33

Well pythons do need love and friendship too.

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fringeisawesome 19

Aaww that's actually adorable. It won't be when he gets hungry and eats it tho

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rec_chem 22

When he gets hungry he'll eat it. He won't let you near it because it's his food and you can't have it.

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_whyme_o 12

Actually, this is a little dangerous for your snake. If they're not hungry and do not eat it soon enough the rats can become crazy and kill your snake or at least do a lot of damage

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cynthianicole95 9

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Myo_fml 20

Rats are tough when in a bind and can do massive damage. I used to aid in a rat lab

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riffehunter 16

it's extremely dangerous for your snake, and also needlessly cruel to the rat. i used to have a snake and when frozen rats weren't available, i would quickly kill the rat beforehand by breaking its neck. a rat is more than capable of killing your snake.

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acerredrum 23

My ex use to live feed. I told him time and time again that it was dangerous and he should stick to frozen thawed, or at least stay with the rat while he fed it. He didn't and one day the snake didn't eat the rat. Several hours later when he went to check on the rat there were huge gouges taken out of the snakes body, I took it to the vet but it was too late, the snake died on the way there.

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cricket266 12

whyme is rite ... pay heed !

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JokerJ312 23

I live fed my Mexican black king snake and he was fine but one mouse I got was a ninja and my snake couldn't catch it so I took it out and kept him and got my snake a new mouse. I've also seen nice eat smaller mice, not a pretty sight.

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Rkikkas9713 25

I once had a Python that had a mouse friend, they slept together and everything. Either he doesn't want to hurt it or he's not hungry! Wait a couple days and everything should be back to normal. If not, take it to the vet to be safe.

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stieglar 17

That's got to be the most adorable thing I've heard all week.

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jingleejanglee 17

I'd be nervous that the rat would eventually turn on the snake. Be wary, OP.

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llamingo 8

I was confused for a sec I thought you meant a different kind of turn on

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chuchusheep 19

#60, you never know...that would explain a lot...

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