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My albino ball python, Daenerys, has been an incredibly picky eater. It took months of trial and error before she finally accepted a live gerbil. This is, of course, the only thing she'll eat now. Something is better than nothing, though, right?

The first half of the video is cut, but this is the second half.
Immediately after striking and coiling Wolf brought his meal outside of the enclosure and proceeded to eat in the most difficult way I've ever seen. I did try to get him back in, but when he tenses up his body he becomes an immovable object. I figured letting him eat upside-down was better than risking a regurge from trying too hard to get him back in.

Medium frozen/thawed rat

Music is "Wastlelands" by 10 Years

Music is Freak Like Me by Halestorm

I wanted to do a video showing my process for feeding my boas, more specifically one showing a boa with a great feeding response vs. one that doesn't ever strike at its prey.

If you have any questions feel free to ask!

My new Samsung Galaxy S6 16 megapixel camera phone is to thank for some of these amazing close-ups and high-definition shots. Enjoy!

Regarding putting Hermes' rat on a plate at the end; for the first three years of his life his previous owner fed him by throwing live mice/rats into his cage with him, covering the cage with a blanket, and leaving them alone overnight. As the prey got bigger, so did the wounds they inflicted. By his third year, right before he came into my care, live adult rats were taking massive bites out of his back, and also had chewed off several inches of his tail. He hadn't eaten in months when I got him, had fresh wounds, and was terrified of frozen/thawed rats I held in front of him with tongs. To this day, two years later, he will only eat them off of a plate, and even then he takes several hours to approach the already dead rats.