Hello All, I need some serious advice about how to proceed to keep feeding Carmen. It`s been awhile since iv`e been on and some may remember that my Carmen has never eaten on her own (wild caught, tick infested, wormy, etc). I started feeding her (forced feeding) one mouse every 12 days and that was doing quite well, but she has grown over the last few months and is the size to easily take a small rat. Im now feeding her a mouse every 7 days and she is maintaining her weight but I notice that ever so gradually she is starting to drop, again, she needs more. How often could I feed her a mouse? Im truly afraid to start feeding her small rats, iv`e got the forced feeding down pat, she doesn`t stress from it at all, but a rat? It`s bigger and im scared to try it. Im hoping that maybe a mouse every 5 days would be o.k.? Maybe 2 mice every 7 days? Im at a loss as how to proceed.
Please, iv`e tried every single piece of advice on how to get her to eat on her own, it`s not going to happen.
Please if you know anything about how to graduate to feeding either two mice at a time or how often I can feed a mouse i`d greatly appreciate hearing from you.
Thanks so much, Di