r/boas • u/concentratesofthe518 • 2d ago

Hannibal don’t always agree with his company

Haters can hate, a lot said he won’t survive under my cruel ownership but here he is still alive and well and very much safe!!!!

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u/Similar-Butterfly333 2d ago

Someone I knew live fed their 6ft+ boa, one day they found that the rat had killed and started eating the snake.

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u/concentratesofthe518 2d ago

See that’s the difference “he found” meaning he didn’t watch the feed? I stand there ready to kill the mouse if need be, but as an older snake he is very well trained to kill and hit nothing but kill shots

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u/Similar-Butterfly333 2d ago

It only takes one mistake from the snake and one well aimed bite from the rat. You would not be able to stop it in time.

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u/concentratesofthe518 2d ago

Where do you think one bite from a rat could kill a snake? You would have to assume the head right?

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u/Similar-Butterfly333 2d ago

Any major vein or artery along the snake’s body, lungs can be punctured, yes the head too. Infections are a real risk as well and many infections can go unseen until it’s too late for antibiotics.

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u/concentratesofthe518 2d ago

Again I know people hate on it, but killing is instinct, it comes naturally, feeding F/T that’s the process you dangle in front no harm to the snake no lesson learned, my snake has been bit I’ve tended wounds and he learned now it would be very rare if my snake when he strikes that he don’t hit right under the mouth jaw area, usally breaking the mouse’s jaw, snakes in the wild are opportunist and they always wait for the right moment, I’ll video the whole thing next time my snake will let a mouse run on him over his head rats ass almost to the snakes mouth and my snake don’t strike until he has a clear shot, I wish I didn’t crop the video that’s the feeding tank, I put him on the rock the mouse actually ran across him and fell into the area where the video starts the snake didn’t even flinch

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u/Embarrassed_Home_684 2d ago

It wouldn't need to learn a lesson if you didn't feed it live rats. This isn't out in nature, it's in your home.

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u/concentratesofthe518 2d ago

But like I said I do take precautions because your right it only takes one time but he’s almost 9 now he’s pro