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Tori · 11-11-2007, 04:19 AM

It didn't look like a mistake to me. The largest Cali had a bite hold on another baby about mid-length down the body. After getting him loose, the biter took off after another baby and nailed him too. I got him off of it and immediately placed him in a separate cage. There was no food in the cage, they are never fed inside the cage. None of the babies had been fed in 2 days and I always put them back into their cage after feeding by releasing them in the water bowl to help wash off any smell on them. So there was nothing that would have set her off except movement. And if anything moving when she gets hungry is going to become food, she doesn't need to be with other babies. But I have to say, it didn't look like an accident.

11-11-2007, 04:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Tori Subadult snake Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Holland, Michigan Posts: 286 Country:	Re: Cannibalism in California redsided? It didn't look like a mistake to me. The largest Cali had a bite hold on another baby about mid-length down the body. After getting him loose, the biter took off after another baby and nailed him too. I got him off of it and immediately placed him in a separate cage. There was no food in the cage, they are never fed inside the cage. None of the babies had been fed in 2 days and I always put them back into their cage after feeding by releasing them in the water bowl to help wash off any smell on them. So there was nothing that would have set her off except movement. And if anything moving when she gets hungry is going to become food, she doesn't need to be with other babies. But I have to say, it didn't look like an accident.