Heat, and a eye poppin mouse

[Slitherin]

I'm using a old Fish Tank as my Vivarium. It has about an inch of polistirine(sp!) under it and I was wondering if this prevents heat from thouroughly getting through to the inside space of the tank.

Secondly, What does 10 Gallon transfer to in litres?

I've got a strong little bugger, with one of his recent feeds sqeeuzed a mouse so hard, his Eyes popped out.

 

[CAV]

one of his recent feeds sqeeuzed a mouse so hard, his Eyes popped out

The snake's or the mouse's eyes???? (Just kidding)

10 gallons=~37.85 liters

 

[h0mersimps0n]

I'm just not buying all this...

The way the viscera and body cavity is set up there is no way eyes should be popping out of the head. Many times my adults will squeeze the guts of the mouse out of the mouth (which makes sense cause the GI tract and thoracic cavity is whats being constricted) but never have eyes come out of the sockets (cranial constriction of some sort?). There is an optic nerve and about 3 sets of muscles and tendons hold those eyes in place.

Why do people mess with us in these forums?

 

[dayne]

hey slitherin.

I see u also are from south africa what part of sa u from,there arent alot of guys on here from south africa.

cheers

 

[pinatamonkey]

Sometimes the mice I kill (CO2) get bugged out eyes. Like they're popping further out of the head than they should.

 

[Darin Chappell]

I have an adult anery female, and she has ALWAYS constricted her meals, whether frozen or live. I have personally witnessed her squeezing one mouse so hard, that its eyes popped completely out of their sockets. They were not dangling by a nerve or anything, but they were clearly outside of the sockets to the point that the curve of the eye's backside was easily discernable, and the eyes did not slide back into place once she eased up a bit!

She is what you might call an "AGGRESSIVE FEEDER!"

 

[h0mersimps0n]

I stand corrected but I still thing there is something seriously wrong with this kid...

 

[Darin Chappell]

I didn't post that to try to correct you or anyone else, homer. Sorry if it came off that way . . .

 

[h0mersimps0n]

Darien, hopefully I'm the first to admit I don't have an iota of the experience of most of the pro's in here have (or at least "weathered" owners), I figured someone would stand up and correct me graciously and you did. Excellent. I've only been at this about 5 years now (geeze has it been that long?), I know I have a lot to still experience (ugh, eggs stuck in females) and learn...

Like I've said I've never seen eye popping but my male adult normal bloodied my feed tub by sqeezing the guts out of it's mouth and thrashing it around. God, that was such a mess to clean.

 

[Slitherin]

For Homer

Homer maybe you need a little more experience(and perhaps a brush-up on your Rodent Anatomy knowledge..."the vicera and the body cavity bla bla..), before your insightful comments will be well received. Wether you stood corrected from the start or not (wich you didn't), you certainly were. I enjoyed your blood and Guts, nothing that my eyes-poppin can compete with but then again, thats not my goal in this forum...(I still think there's something seriously wrong with this kid)

"No one is more wise than the one who is always prepared to learn more"_Slitherin

Keep that passion wich we share alive my brother!

 

[h0mersimps0n]

Maybe you should go find a South African forum so you can go flame people there...

This thread was as good as gone (as it should be), why would you post something to insight an argument? That clearly was your intention... Are you just a troll looking for a good fight? I may have been harsh but your posts in the different areas were not making sense and I'm not alone when I say that some of us think you're full of it.

you're not going to get a fight out of me, so go have your fun elsewhere... This thread should be closed

 

[EtherRex]

The ONLY way to banish a troll is to ignore it. Completely.

 

[h0mersimps0n]

ignoring...