My BCI has just scared the crap outta me!

[jaxxy]

Its feed night in our house...and Fatman my 5yr old BCI has never ever struck at his food and would only take from a dish left in viv and in a darkened room...well.....i always offer him a strike first and this time he decided to take me up on the offer well i have a smaller younger boa and she doesn't faze me at all striking but this guy WOW he scared the outta me lol he was so fast i didn't see him til he had ripped it outta my hand, i squealed and my kids came running in to see what had happened, they thought my ratsnake,who is a bit grumpy had bit me,lol they fell about laughing when i told em what had gone on!
Well it was an experience huh?

[BeckyL]

Haha! They can really move when they want to!

Sounds like someone was hungry!

[jaxxy]

lol speed of light!
yes he will have been hungry, he has been a picky fella since i got him a few months ago, previous owner said he was fussy too, so 2 weeks ago he refused a feed so i gave him a chick to tempt him last week, well it worked i guess he was sure tempted

[reptilefever]

how are you offering it to him are you holding the rat by the tail coz you said he ripped it out of your hand a mate of mine did this but quickly learned the hard way that more often then not you will get tagged safe to say he wont be doin that again

[Issa]

Strike feeding big boas is fun. My lot always surprise me with how lazy they usually are except round feeding time when they turn into scaley exocet missiles.

[punky_jen]

Weird isn't it? Most of the time they are quite slow, lazy lumps, then a wiff of rat and they moooove.

[jaxxy]

oh i'm not that brave to feed by hand...i use a garden cane split at one end and i put the tail into that, the force he hit the rat took the cane clean outta my hand too! it was a tip my local rep shop gave me to save my fingers lol works a treat until you get a biggy snatching off ya!

[Issa]

I get good results with long metal bbq tongs, I also have some smaller wooden ones but normally use the bigger ones for the boas after a couple of near misses.

[reptilefever]

i use a old fishing rod (only about 4 foot of it) with a bulldog clip duck taped to the end of it works wonders

[Danny_mcr]

Originally Posted by Issa

I get good results with long metal bbq tongs, I also have some smaller wooden ones but normally use the bigger ones for the boas after a couple of near misses.

yep BBQ tongs for me aswell