encouraging her to eat? Ideas?

[Ladysnowblader]

I know royals are bad eaters but any tips to encourage them to eat?
Done the zombie dance and the braining and the warming up and the leaving over night.
Or is it just a case of waiting and seeing?

[carlson]

When I switched my normal male from mice on up to rats he refused to touch the frozen ones I had to go back to feeding live for a while

[TheSnakeGuy]

You could try "scenting" your rodents by dipping the heads into chicken broth or into some tuna. I also try to get the heads of my rodents as hot as possible to stimulate a strike. After thawing I let them sit under my heat lamp for a few minutes. I only did the "leave overnight" method once, it resulted in my room smelling like heat lamp rotted mouse. Not pleasant at all.

[kitedemon]

I would not bother dipping I have never heard of this working. How large is your snake and the next question are your temps correct?

Sub adults usually do not refuse if conditions are correct. Adults often will go off food for the breeding season typically around 1000gm range.

[barbie.dragon]

I would just let them be for a week with no feeding attempts. Trying over and over seems to stress out my snake.

My snake was fed live and switching was easy. The weird part is she will NOT eat a wet rat. It has to be dry... So I warm them up in a ziplock bag. Also to see if she'll eat I get the frozen rat and wave it around the tank and if she pokes her head out then I go thaw it.

[Ladysnowblader]

thank you for all your ideas
she has finally eaten, whoop!