What the !!!

[NYBrett]

Ok, has anyone ever heard of a mouse being amune to rattlesnake venom? "Mighty Mouse" as I now call him was bit not once, not twice, but FOUR times a few mins. apart and never showed signs of invenomation. Its sitting right next to me now eating oatmeal! I want to return it to the pet store as a defective mouse or donate it to science for reasearch. Has this ever happened to anyone else? :?

 

[8 leg wonder]

The snake may have just been annoyed and given the mouse a dry bite

 

[WhyTeDraGon]

exactly...it was definitely dry bites. He wasnt interested in eating him and bit him as defense. Definitely do NOT leave this mouse in the cage with the snake.

 

[NYBrett]

Thats odd- I didnt leave the mouse in the cage- Im NOT an idiot! I use to work for a Herp doctor and Ive seen what mice can do to snakes! However, thr snake was acting hungry- after each bite, it stayed put for a few, than followed the scent trail only to find the mouse unfazed. than bit agian held on for a sec, than relaxes, followed the scent trail and so on- I finally removed the mouse. the snake kept tracking and going to the mouse, not the other way around. Plus as far as rattlesnakes go, and Ive delt with a few- this one is really mellow and timid its not easy to get him to excited-

 

[Ravnos]

It can happen to the best of us, performance anxiety. :8o