Just curious ive had my albino for a while and it never fails he pops the guts out of the rat at 1st i thought i had overheated the rat and thats why they popped since i warmed them with the bigger ones and it was a lot smaller but he consistently does it is there a trick to get his feeding time a little less messy it just seems he always tears open the gut i thought when he moved up in size of rats that it wouldnt happen anymore or is just something that im ganna have to clean up all the time witch is fine either way
I wish I had some advice to help. I honestly only had it a couple of times and it was either overheated or some dubious looking feeders.
Sounds like you have a very food motivated noodle though. Big squeezes for cheesebois
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Pretty much lol he used to be fed live before i got him i immediately switched to frozen thaw i refuse to do live so im wondering if he just still thinks its ganna run away and fight back but its definitely big hugs for the cheesebois
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If the abdomen of the feeder is rupturing, 95% of the time it is one of three problems:
- You are overheating the feeder
- You are leaving the feeder thawed too long
- Your feeder has been thawed and refrozen
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Thats what i had thought at 1st to was i was overheating them but ive shortened times on those ones being out since they were smaller than the others and havent had issues with the other 2 bigger rats when they were fed to the others ive taken them out frozen and thawed in warm water to and he still ended up opening the rat up maybe they had defrosted before
If your not doing 1,2,3 above, (or 3 is from your supplier)
Try just heating the head. That’s all I do.
Once thawed how are you heating and how long. And how are you defrosting
I just put the head and shoulders maybe in hot water for 60 seconds for those snakes that need it.
Most just need a few seconds and some of my snakes don’t even need it heated.
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I put mine in a ziplock in a bowl of warm/hot water usually from the freezer because i forget its feeding day and swap the water to warm when they r thawed otherwise i put them in the fridge and warm them up usually its 20 minutes to to half hour or so to get them thawed and warm from frozen for the bigger rats but the whole rat is in water when they r thawed already and just in the fridge i leave them maybe 10 minutes but in just warm water only and skip hot water usually all the rats r in the same bowl when its just flames then its just the small 1 and the times get cut in half am i still wrong about the times ive been following online for the smaller size since ive had no issues with the bigger 2 (those stay in bowl till done)
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I’d recommend thawing them overnight in the fridge before warming. The only time I’ve ever had a rodent explode was when I warmed it straight from frozen.
Remember that it’s not the end of the world if you delay feeding by a day to let the rodent thaw.
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I totally 2nd everything @jawramik said. Thawing overnight in the fridge is my method as well
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That was my suspicion too, hence the question
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Ya i try to remember but most of the time i get busy with work and kiddos and forget to put them out to thaw but dont want to not feed them
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Curious then why doesnt the others do the same thing is it just because they are smaller so its easier for them to be gutted he also always bites their gut forgot to put that in there to
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I totally get what you’re saying but remember that in the wild for these snakes it’s either feast or famine a lot of times. If a snake misses a scheduled meal, and as long as it’s not a baby, the snake will not be harmed at all. Snakes can go for long periods of time without food so you’re still good if you get off schedule for a few days.
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I try to stay on time for him since hes only 243 grams the other 2 i dont worry quite as much if they miss since they r closer to 800 and 900 grams but dont wanna forget to
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That’s what I was saying about it being okay to delay feeding by a day. 24 hours isn’t going to make a big difference to them. So if you don’t remember the night before, just put the rodents in the fridge when you do remember and feed the next day when they’re thawed.
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Even at that size, he’ll be just fine if his meal is a day late.
Confession: more often than not, my snakes get their meals a day or two later than their “scheduled” feeding day. I frequently forget to put their rodents in the fridge a day ahead of time. In fact, I was supposed to feed the boas yesterday, but forgot to thaw the rodents. So I put them in the fridge last night (the rodents, not the boas) and will feed them this evening. They’ll be totally fine.
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I worry to much bout them all 
ill try whats suggested to bout just heating the head as well instead of the whole rodent since he aims at the gut and start just leaving them overnight instead of water thaw
That’s why I heat only the head. Helps them aim for it. Sometimes the wrong end is difficalt for them if its a good size meal which mine have occasionally.
But others I am sure heat the whole thing and its ok.
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Ya the other 2 hit the shoulder and neck area most of the time i like to call flame my problem child lol very sweet snake just can be a little derpy sometimes
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Im sure we all have at least one problem child 
But it does indaer me to them.
I have one that has never striked. If I show the food he just balls up. So I just drop the food in and he eventually eats it just fine. Just a little too gentle for a snake I guess.
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