1/27/2006: Hamster and snake - Page 2

Iggy · 01-27-2006, 05:36 PM

The snake finally would start eating the frozen mice again. It just took some time away from the food...

I tried to find a quote from when I read the article, but it is already gone from the website. Darn!

xant · 01-27-2006, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Promenea

They are stupid to leave the two together. The hamster could do some damage to the snake as well as the other way around. Any of you ever been bitten by a hamster? Snakes don't heal all that well from multiple bite wounds either.

Even if snake and hamster do nothing to each other, hamsters have been known to die of heart attacks. The stress on that hamster is likely to kill it soon whether the snake helps or not.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2006, 08:26 PM

I don't think the hamster's stressed after being together for so many months.
It might freak when the snake sheds, though.

fargon · 01-28-2006, 07:42 AM

Know what a small bag of potato chips and a hampster have in commen?,,,,,

They make the same sound when you stomp on them!!!

magilla · 01-28-2006, 08:25 AM

Having kept snakes (and rat snakes, too: Corn snakes are a type of rat snake) I can tell you that snake is big enough to get down a full-grown rat. It would take 20 minutes or so to swallow it, maybe. But in a small tank, even a health full-grown rat wouldn't stand a chance against the snake. That hamster wouldn't even make a bulge going down.

But weirder things have happened. The herpetologist who gave me the corn snake also had several king snakes. He would feed those geckos (the little 99 cent guys). They tossed a couple in one time and the king snake ate one but not the other. After about 6 months, they finally rewarded the gecko with his own tank.

It would not surprise me if some rare individuals just had a smell (or something) that made them unappetizing to predators. It would certainly be a natural selection benefit!

Chris

limey · 01-28-2006, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

Notice Aochan's blue eyes. He's going to molt soon. Slizzy's appetite at such times is at it's nadir. This pic makes look like a size mismatch as well. But now I wonder having turned up his nose at frozen mice, what's he eating? He appears to be saving Gohan for some future feast.

Yes, the snake is due to shed soon and is probably off his food in that pic, but my corn snake goes blue and sheds within a few days, not several months (October to January). In fact in that sort of time period he'll probably shed twice ...

xoxoxoBruce · 01-28-2006, 02:21 PM

Pals.

richlevy · 01-28-2006, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by magilla

It would not surprise me if some rare individuals just had a smell (or something) that made them unappetizing to predators. It would certainly be a natural selection benefit!
Chris

And here I am taking showers every day.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-29-2006, 11:20 PM

This Danish News Site has a video of the snake and hamster. Click on the picture of the snake head on the right side of the page.

01-27-2006, 05:36 PM	#16
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	The snake finally would start eating the frozen mice again. It just took some time away from the food... I tried to find a quote from when I read the article, but it is already gone from the website. Darn! __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

01-27-2006, 08:26 PM	#18
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01-28-2006, 07:42 AM	#19
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01-28-2006, 02:21 PM	#22
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01-29-2006, 11:20 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	This Danish News Site has a video of the snake and hamster. Click on the picture of the snake head on the right side of the page. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-28-2006, 08:25 AM	#20
magilla Belt Conveyor Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 67	Having kept snakes (and rat snakes, too: Corn snakes are a type of rat snake) I can tell you that snake is big enough to get down a full-grown rat. It would take 20 minutes or so to swallow it, maybe. But in a small tank, even a health full-grown rat wouldn't stand a chance against the snake. That hamster wouldn't even make a bulge going down. But weirder things have happened. The herpetologist who gave me the corn snake also had several king snakes. He would feed those geckos (the little 99 cent guys). They tossed a couple in one time and the king snake ate one but not the other. After about 6 months, they finally rewarded the gecko with his own tank. It would not surprise me if some rare individuals just had a smell (or something) that made them unappetizing to predators. It would certainly be a natural selection benefit! Chris

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