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dumerils boa cannabalism
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by keyz on June 23, 2005
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i own a yearling dumerils it is feamale and of wonderful temprament but while on holiday recently i had a call telling me that the snake had managed to partly swallow a temp probe the wire had to be cut thankfully she regurged the temp probe and wire but there was no sign of my 6month old anna corn put that down to escape or possible theft i stupidly decided that my reverse oketee would be fine but the case is she was also eaten i have never heard of any boas been cannabaistic can you please help? also the temp probe was probably used as an anchor point for the anna to hold against thats all that seems possible.
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by Cro on June 23, 2005
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You were keeping the boa and the corn snake together in the same cage? JohnZ
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by Phobos on June 23, 2005
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Yes, They can be cannabalistic. I did not believe it either till I saw it with my own eyes in 1974/75.
My male Columbian Red Tail was a normal healthy snake that was about 6+ feet long. I was contacted by a local couple that bought a Red Tail (female)about the same length but this animal had not eaten for a year and was very thin. I took the animal in and after a few weeks in with my male had adjusted nicely and was feeding like a pig. I contacted the couple and told them that it was feeding well but wanted it to gain somemore weight before I gave them the snake back. This was not a problem for them.
Well after a few more weeks of feeding I entered my snake room to find them copulating, boy I was excited and called the couple and told them the news. The next morning I looked in on them but there was only MY SNAKE in the enclosure!! I took a closer look and the gut of my male was very distended and had bulges are certain intervals, sure enough his devoured the Female!!
I took him outside for a picture (which I have somewhere) with me holding it up to show the distended belly. Shortly I had more than I bargained for when he regurgitated the female red tail.
No question about it, they are Cannabalistic!
If I didn't have the pictures I'm sure the couple would have never believed me.
Cheers!
Al
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by thenewdisciple on June 23, 2005
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ive read all over the place that copperheads are cannabals, i dont think this is true, i keep all of mine in pairs and have no problems at all out of them. i am careful at feeding time however. cottonmouths, thats another story, my conanti will without a doubt eat a snake.
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Anonymous post on June 23, 2005
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Stop feeding those pairs of copperheads mice for a few months and see what happens. If they get hungry enough they will eat each other.
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by bush_viper17 on June 24, 2005
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Someone told me that he had a copperhead eat another copperhead. He had them both in the same enclosure and they just went crazy and one ate the other. I cant excatly remember who told me that but someone did.
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