tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post441146634660156902..comments2024-03-28T21:41:32.110-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Feeding the SnakeGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-78100312075063866562012-10-02T04:16:46.026-04:002012-10-02T04:16:46.026-04:00" I was asking what would make a young snake ...<i>" I was asking what would make a young snake forsake the basement for the wide world"</i><br /><br />Well, when the weather cools, he might want to look for a warm stone in the sun... Might be a good idea to put a light bulb on near a surface that will hold heat to keep him happy in the nether reaches of the house.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261739259295914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81445720462052903872012-10-01T14:48:56.825-04:002012-10-01T14:48:56.825-04:00I used to have a python. I had an arrangement wit...I used to have a python. I had an arrangement with the owner of a rabbitry who would save her palsied bucks for me. <br /><br />That snake counld kill a rabbit faster than I could. I grew him to 14 feet and 120 pounds. I broke my back one winter, and gave him to some kid in Kenosha. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13946193679461113584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-963045680660221502012-10-01T13:11:36.945-04:002012-10-01T13:11:36.945-04:00LOL
I'm sorry, I just can't get past the ...LOL<br /><br />I'm sorry, I just can't get past the image of Grim, "mouse on a stick" in hand, smacking a snake in the snout. Please tell me that you at least gave the snake the obligatory challenge, "Have at you!" before confronting him with your Mickey-Kabob<br />*snicker*<br />*snort snort*<br />Bwaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa<br />0>;~}DL Slynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-3863972417867728102012-10-01T12:31:49.214-04:002012-10-01T12:31:49.214-04:00Also, and it's important to emphasize this, my...Also, and it's important to emphasize this, my wife really likes snakes. It's pleasing to her to have one to play with for a while.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90454799528802924312012-10-01T12:31:27.595-04:002012-10-01T12:31:27.595-04:00Actually, the real danger is that if he does decid...Actually, the real danger is that if he does decide to leave the basement, which it will be easier for a smaller snake to do than a larger one, he'll be eaten (as a smaller snake) by the bigger snakes around. So I want him big enough that it would be difficult to escape, while also being big enough to eat the rats and not just the mice.<br /><br />If he does leave, he'll encounter other snakes in the forest. He might or might not survive that, but as a full-grown snake he'd most likely be allotted a territory rather than outright devoured. As adding one more snake to the hunting round will reduce the exterior rat/mouse population, this at least cuts down on the number of potential intruders.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-45612295128727961752012-10-01T11:00:11.201-04:002012-10-01T11:00:11.201-04:00Sure, I got that. But aren't you feeing him b...Sure, I got that. But aren't you feeing him by hand because you think it's premature to let him loose in the basement? I was asking what would make a young snake forsake the basement for the wide world, and how the current feeding regime would improve your chances in that respect. Is the idea that the basement would be ample hunting grounds for a mature snake, but a young one would prefer some other habitat? Will age improve his wandering eye?Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27627107635537574412012-10-01T10:45:24.788-04:002012-10-01T10:45:24.788-04:00I don't want him to live in the wide world. I...I don't want him to live in the wide world. I want him to live in the basement. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-40641895714634956832012-10-01T10:36:22.872-04:002012-10-01T10:36:22.872-04:00I'd tie a long string to the mouse and wiggle ...I'd tie a long string to the mouse and wiggle that. But I'm surprised to hear that you can get a snake to go for a dead mouse by any means, microwaved or otherwise. Good news.<br /><br />Do you think your mouse farm doesn't have enough young, helpless members to provide your neophyte snake with a good living? What's to make him think life would be any easier out in the wide world? Also, imagine his shock when you turn him loose down there and cut off his allowance. His meals won't be coming up and bopping him on the nose any more. How well I remember that fateful day in my own upbringing.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-28531277905290547692012-10-01T10:29:45.383-04:002012-10-01T10:29:45.383-04:00All the guides I've seen to dead feeding says ...All the guides I've seen to dead feeding says to wiggle the mouse nearish to the snake via its tail. The real trick, that none of the guides I've seen mention, is avoiding getting bit if the snake's aim is off. Sure, he might be a venomless rat snake. But I guarantee those teeth will still hurt.MikeDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-61867541602319676772012-10-01T08:04:04.089-04:002012-10-01T08:04:04.089-04:00Well, at least you've psychologically prepared...Well, at least you've psychologically prepared him for aggressive mice, just in case.<br /><br />There's little more pitiful than a dragon basement defeated by an uppity mouse who doesn't know its place in the food chain, you know.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-18118837917267172532012-09-30T23:03:46.805-04:002012-09-30T23:03:46.805-04:00Once he gets big enough, I already have a function...Once he gets big enough, I already have a functioning mouse and rat ranch for him. He can wrangle his own.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-10855464402905180762012-09-30T23:02:43.047-04:002012-09-30T23:02:43.047-04:00Looks to me like you need to start raising mice or...Looks to me like you need to start raising mice or rats (they're bigger and will stick to his ribs better), so as to have a ready supply of warm, squirmy foods.<br /><br />Grim: rat wrangler to Ratbane.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com