Just had to post my excitement! I have a 09 cinnamon male who has been a difficult feeder. I have had him for several months now. He would only eat live mice since I had obtained him. (And with his breeder as well was only eating live). Well, after much work, and of course AFTER I obtained three mice for breeding, I finally converted him! My method was to heat the rat pup up very hot with a hair dryer, as well as placing a big mound of bedding from my mouse cage into his cage. He came out when I placed the mouse bedding in there due to the scent, and then was very interested in the pup doing the zombie dance on my tongs. Then WHAMMO, he struck!
I'm sure those of you who have had difficulty converting snakes can understand my excitement. I thought this day would never come! I had been spoiled with three other snakes who had no problem converting, so this was a new challenge for me.
I think it has proven very helpful to have some live mice handy to scent things.
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