Young Spotteds - Canbalistic

[Mayhem]

Just has a bit of an interesting experience this morning while cleaning out my Spotted Python tubs.

Because they're a little flighty, I put the one who's tub I was cleaning in with its sibling in another tub, within seconds *bang* there was feeding response then strike and coil.

I had read before that these guys potentially eat other snakes and certainly other reptiles in the wild, hence why I diddnt just turn my back on them instantly, but I've seen it with my own eyes now.

I quickly filled the tub (with them in it) with cold water and they let go, both snakes are fine and I then kept them seperated, continued cleaning and all is now good.

Just warning for those who dont already know, its definately not a good idea to house youngsters together, especially ones with a solid feeding response!

 

[TrueBlue]

Yes young anteresia will readily eat each other.

 

[gozz]

Sounds like the way i treated my bro

 

[Pike01]

Yep they sure will.

 

[melgalea]

wow interesting pic pike1... is that urs.

 

[Pike01]

It use to be a long time ago.

 

[Pike01]

Another pic

 

[483996]

I wouldn't think that they would eat each other.Thamks for the heads up.so did you find out the hard way pike1?:?

 

[Pike01]

Yeah from memory it wouldn't eat pinkies, but loved its cagemate.

 

[shonny]

Far out (well thats not the word I really said when I saw the pic pike) lol

not a good idea housing them together cause his cage maye would be much dearer then a pinkie hey

 

[shonny]

cage mate i ment would have been dearer then a pinkie lol i cant type tonight

 

[barbed_wire_dove]

Thats crazy!
is it just spotteds that are prone to eating their little friends?
or is there other python species that do it too?
im amazed lol.

 

[Mayhem]

Quite a few species (especially elapids) are canibalistic, but its rare that people would want to house them together anyway.

 

[Chrisreptile]

Thats crazy!
is it just spotteds that are prone to eating their little friends?
or is there other python species that do it too?
im amazed lol.

Aspidites (womas and blackheads) love their reptilian friends

 

[xScarlettex]

thats kinda creepy!

 

[mark83]

good to know. I was considering getting mine out together one day soon. Dont think I will now

 

[dickyknee]

This one is not mine , but i have had it happen ....
To worse was i lost both as the one who ate it also died after/during regurgitating the one it had eaten .

 

[rahrah]

Mmmm looks kinda cool

 

[barbed_wire_dove]

wow.
its just weird to think they'd do that.
its good that people dont usually house them together then!

 

[ryanharvey1993]

wow snakes look fat after eating :lol: how did you ones go pike? did they survive? thanks.