I fed Lacey today as it has been a week since her last feed. She has yet to poop, so I am curious about that as I thought it was a kind of weekly thing. 1 weekly feed equals 1 weekly poop. I’ll do some more research and ask some more knowledgeable folk than myself.
I was absolutely thrilled today with how the feeding went. Last week I didn’t get to see anything as Lacey didn’t strike at her food. Instead she snuck in the consumption of her meal while I was out of the room, after I had left it in her enclosure for her. Today on the other hand, not only did she strike and consume two pinky mice, I was able to catch the consumption of the first one on my phone. The footage is below. It runs for about 5 minutes and depicts the whole process after she has secured the mouse in the correct position. The images appear a little ‘foggy’ as they are taken from outside her enclosure.
It is not particularly graphic or anything, but, if you are squeamish at the thought of watching a snake consume a whole baby mouse (frozen to being with, not live) then avoid watching. Personally, I found it fascinating to watch live something that I had previously only seen on a screen.
I am going to show the footage to again some people more knowledgeable than myself, with a view to understanding if I am feeding Lacey the right sized food. While it looks like she has to stretch quite a bit to consume her meal her, she actually ate another one about 10 minutes after this. The second one was consumed much faster than this one. I just want some reassurance that I am giving her the right amount and size of food.
What an awesome day!
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