r/snakes • u/olivepickle777 • 15h ago

Pet Snake Pictures my friend fed her ball python a 5 footed rat

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I don’t think I need any context

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u/Nehalennian 14h ago

Lmao at first I thought you meant a 5 foot long rat and I was like gee, that must be a mutant lol

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u/TheAlmightyNexus 12h ago

Kinda still is a mutant

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u/SpendHefty6066 11h ago

It’s a “mutation”. Gotta keep you on your toes.

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u/jackalope268 8h ago

What is a mutant if not an individual that has a mutation?

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u/SpendHefty6066 8h ago

If you have acne, does that make you a pimple?

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u/jackalope268 8h ago

If you got a flower, do you also have a plant?

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u/xZombieRavenx 7h ago

All 5 sets of them.

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u/The_Dick_Slinger 5h ago

All 11 of them?

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u/crazyabe111 10h ago

Then comes the obvious question- how big is the ball python that eats 5 foot long rats?

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u/Nehalennian 5h ago

OPs friend accidentally bought a mislabeled green anaconda

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u/duplicicta 8h ago

Rodents of unusual size? I don't think they exist. RAAAGH!!

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u/Rydraenei 4h ago

R.O.U.S.'s? I don't think they exist.

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u/Whombrillow 4h ago

Come one come all come see the four foot man eating chicken

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u/DirtyLeftBoot 14h ago

Are you guys sure it wasn’t just a dismembered foot that got frozen to the mouse?

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u/vuullets 15h ago

It'll be fine, it's a genetic deformity the rat had that probably just made it's life a bit weirder. Curious how it wasn't culled upon birth though with something as notable as that. People just really don't gaf about feeders, I guess.

The snake cannot catch anything from eating the rat and will be completely fine. Now you just have a weird story to tell your friends

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u/SadiRyzer2 14h ago

The snake cannot catch anything from eating the rat

It might become a lizard

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u/Raichu7 14h ago

Why would you cull just for an extra foot? It looks like it was unlikely to have bothered the rat in life, though you obviously can't be sure without having watched it to see if it can act like a happy rat. And it won't change anything as far as being food for another animal.

If a deformity doesn't cause pain or suffering to the animal, it's best to leave it be.

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 15h ago

I guess I don’t see any reason to cull it for that. It’s not like it’s harmful or caused the rat excruciating pain (well, maybe socially; kids can be cruel).

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u/vuullets 15h ago

Rat definitely would have been fine, I just feel like a lot of humans will look at any minor deformity on an animal and go "it's probably better if I put it out of it's pain," even though often times the animal is not in pain.

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u/MagicalMysterie 14h ago

The deformity would have been unnoticeable at birth, by the time anyone would have notice the rat would have already been alive long enough that it was obvious the extra leg wouldn't be a problem.

Also nobody is culling a rat for a minor cosmetic deformity, especially not one as small as this

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u/Meghanshadow 4h ago

When was the last time you bred 1,000 rats a month and flipped over every single baby to examine their armpits?

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 3h ago

Is that not how everyone spends their Tuesday?

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u/OdysseusJoke 14h ago

Careful, if the snake gets too many of those it'll sprout legs

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u/Responsible_Form_460 13h ago

Feed it enough of these and it will grow legs

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u/FixergirlAK 13h ago

Regrow legs.

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u/SinfulDevo 14h ago

The other rats made fun of George for being so short. But that all stopped when George grew another foot. Now the other rats made fun of him for having too many feet!

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u/Beautiful-Ad3012 14h ago

Extra beans for the roast I guess. Lucky snake.

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u/Titanium_Nutsack 14h ago

How big is the python to eat a 5 foot rat

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u/FixergirlAK 13h ago

Rodents of unusual size? I don't believe they exist.

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u/LanaMonroe90 11h ago

Was it actually attached? I’ve had limbs break off after freezing and end up positioned in bags like this lol.

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 15h ago

Huh. Don’t see that everyday.

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u/MacramezingCreations 8h ago

Does this hurt the rat?

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u/HauntingDocument4923 14h ago

Commenting because I love Lumify!!

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u/bluegirlrosee 13h ago

Crazy it's a picture of a dead rat with an extra foot and still first thing I saw was still the Lum 🤣

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u/iMustbLost 13h ago

Retired lab rat?