How many hamsters can pythons stuff?
A return letter from Rick Reifsnyder… “Thank you for your encouraging response to the article and letter I submitted recently…Initially, I was just going to sent (that article) in with a brief comment on the dangers of feeding large snakes but I got carried away and couldn’t resist speculating on the feeding technique selected. I guess there is a little hamster in all of us… I have received some input concerning how many hamsters a 12-foot python could conceivably consume at one sitting. An associate of mine once worked in a pet store and he described for me the method used there for handling an abundance of unwanted rodents. Apparently, people used to donate pet hamsters and gerbils that were no longer loved to this establishment in hopes that they would find a good home. As you probably know, hamsters and gerbils are not the friendliest animals when it comes to socializing within their own species and so the store would have to house them separately to prevent these bellicose c
