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Thread: Feeding Trick

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    Feeding Trick

    Here is a bunch of feeding tricks. They all work some of the time:

    -Try switching between rats and mice
    -Try feeding later at night (some ball pythons don’t care if its light or not, others will only feed at night)
    -Try a live smaller rodent
    -Try a smaller food item. The correct sized rodent should leave a small bump in the snake’s stomach, and not make it look like a stuffed sausage.
    -Try a new hide box or add another hide
    -Try covering the cage with a towel so the snake is not disturbed
    -Try scenting or rubbing mouse, hamster or gerbil bedding on your food item
    -Try a different colour mouse
    -Try warming up the cage if the temps are on the cool side. Likewise, if the cage is too hot, try dropping the temps.
    -If it’s a pinkie, try splitting its head so the brains come out (only with dead food !!!)
    -Try putting some rodent shavings/ bedding in your snake cage about an hour before feeding them so they know food is on the way
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