Finally !!!!!

[mohawk]

My little dude finally ate a rat !!!! Got my male Albino as a hatchling last July.
He was a great eater when I first got him. Went from hopper mice, to adult mice, to x-large mice,
then I attempted to switch him to small rats ..... he wanted nothing to do with them.
I tried all the tricks , but to no avail. So I was feeding him 2 x-large mice, every 7 days.
He stopped eating at the end of November. I kept offering him food every week, but he had no interest
whatsoever. So 3 weeks ago, he shed, and started getting active. 2 weeks ago, he finally took a regular adult mouse.
Then last week, he took 2 regular adult mice. (the reptile store has been out of x-large mice) So he has been
really active/hunting at night this past week. So I thought I would try a small rat this week. They didn't have any really
small ones, so I took a fairly good sized one. I put the rat in the snakes cage, and WHAM ! He grabbed it right away,
and constricted it, and ate it pretty fast.
Hopefully he will keep taking small rats, so I don't have to feed him multiple mice every week!
I am so proud of my little guy !!

[Eric Alan]

Congrats!

[BHReptiles]

Congrats! Now, just don't offer him mice since you know he'll eat rats and he's golden!

[bfirecat]

Congrats! I bet that was a relief!

[4theSNAKElady]

Isnt it an awesome feeling when they do that? I have a little butter female whos gonna be a year next month, and she was an eater from the start. She pounded mice...and pounded more mice. I offered her a small rat one day, and she ate it! I was like finally! Then...she stopped eating altogether for a few weeks....and now she will only take mice or asfs. Wont touch rats at all. And shes like 700g+. Oh well.