Maybe they became friends. : ) Your snake will never eat another rat so just feed him pizza buns.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at December 17, 2017 12:54 PM MST
I don't know how to figure the frequency of their hunger. But at the zoo last year they told us their python had not eaten in like a year, it is a huge one. The largest albino phython in captivity. I do hope you keep it locked up well...I am sure you do. I just worry about little ones. I went to school with a guy whose python ate his baby.
Within the last month, a Ball Python was brought in and treated for bite injuries from a rat.
Turns out the owner put a live rat in for the python to eat and the python wasn't hungry (apparently he only ate about once a month) and the rat ended up attacking him.
The snake healed well after his wounds were cleaned and dressed by the vet.
The vet suggested feeding only dead rats (available frozen, I guess) to prevent a similar problem in the future.
This post was edited by tom jackson at December 17, 2017 1:42 PM MST
Thank you tom jackson. That is useful information, Im going to take the live rat out right now. Yikes, you just possibly saved my poor Fang some pain. THank you again and Merry X-Mas
Benedict Arnold 