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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/05/10 04:31 PM
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Fed the Rat Snakes today
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The mice...
Just before the dinner bell 
Big one first
Next
Both eating
Almost done...
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duko™
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(member)
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05/05/10 05:55 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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you should put a mongoose in there next time...
duko
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/05/10 10:13 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Maybe a baby one, if it's small enough to be eaten. 
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Glad they are eating well GOP ! The Black Rat Snake I caught for you with the red belly ; then excaped into the nieghbors yard is probally eating well too. The neighbors have a big brush/junk pile in their back yard and tons of mice ! My cats catch mice around that house nightly and sure it wouldn't be hard for him to catch a few too !----"Rodent control ----the natural way "--
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Bubba
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(strangesly aroused)
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07/02/10 02:58 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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I think I killed two of their relatives yesterday....
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/03/10 02:47 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Bubba, that's cold.
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Bubba
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(strangesly aroused)
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07/03/10 03:01 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Stone Cold!
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Scout 1
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(New order Amish - not be confused with Meninite!)
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07/22/10 08:37 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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I was expecting to see a bigazz St. Louie rat, eating a buncha damned snakes.
Disappointing.
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Kurt, I ran across what I believe to be a Speckled King the last time I was at my farm. If you would like it you can have it, assuming its still in the same shed and you can convince NAZ to catch it. I don't usually kill snakes, but I don't catch them either.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/23/10 12:09 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Thanks anyway, but I'm good with my Rat Snakes. Let your Speck keep eating mice (and other snakes) for ya. 
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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05/05/11 07:25 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Today was feeding day, and I filmed one of them eating;
<iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/479hHmpE1XY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Embed didn't work, so here's a link;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=479hHmpE1XY
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/20/11 12:04 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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I filmed them again today. The video is almost ten minutes long, and shows both snakes eating two mice each;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSPkksZE6m8
After they eat, they have to stretch (yawn) to get their jaws back in place, and I got a pic of one doing it;
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dabs
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07/21/11 12:56 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Well Kurt - that is about as cool as flat tire in the middle of rush hour traffic
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/21/11 05:56 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Admit it; you're starting to like them. 
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Bubba
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(strangesly aroused)
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07/21/11 03:24 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Why thats the same expression they make when you drive a shovel blade about 3 inches behind their head! 
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/21/11 10:06 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Y'all are so violent!
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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My grandkids thought it was cool.
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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07/22/11 02:21 AM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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dabs
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07/22/11 05:43 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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I killed a garter snake in a driveway this morning....at least I think it was till alive when I skidded on it...maybe it was already dead.
Either way it sure made me feel better
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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09/01/11 05:50 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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It's snake feeding day, and they each get two mice. They were both about done with their first mouse, so I got another one out of the jar to get ready for the second round. I was paying more attention to the mice than to the snakes, and when I looked up the one on the top shelf was already coming out towards me. (I was sitting on the floor, so the snake was at eye level). I started to reach up, to make the snake back into the cage and then give it the mouse, but by then the snake on the bottom was partially out of the cage and struck at the mouse as I was raising my arm.
I went :eek: and dropped the mouse. It started walking over towards my bed, and the snake who had struck at it started following. Meanwhile, the top snake was still coming out towards my face looking for another mouse.
I used my left hand to tap the bottom snake on the head, causing it to go back into the cage, while I grabbed the mouse with my right hand. I stuck the mouse right in the face of the top snake, and kept pushing back until it was on the shelf again. Once there, I just held the mouse by the tail until the snake grabbed it and started constricting it.
The bottom snake was coming out again by then, so I grabbed the remaining mouse and tossed it in the cage. The snake went back in and grabbed the mouse, and I closed the cage.
It all happened in a matter of seconds, but they were interesting seconds. I wish I'd been filming it this time.
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dabs
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09/01/11 06:41 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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Steve Irwin thought that chit was funny too....just sayin
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67Firebird
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(Former political advocate)
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09/01/11 07:43 PM
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Re: Fed the Rat Snakes today
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I promise not to swim with stingrays, though I petted some at the zoo recently.
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