Should I Try Live? (rats)
Hi all!
I am taking care of an irian jaya carpet python (named goerge harrison) for a buddy of mine. Before I picked up george he was being kept in a bin, and apparently "never had a problem with feeding, and would take f/t rats directly off the tongs"
I've been keeping him in a nice 2X2 PVC enclosure with a perch, but cannot get him to eat for the life of me. It's been over a month of offering f/t on tongs once a week along with minimal handling. He is NOT in shed, and he wanders around his cage at night seemingly like he's searching for food.
when i picked him up he was nice and healthy size-wise. he's still at a healthy looking weight but he's not as plump and healthy looking as he was a month ago.
I hate not seeing him eat, and I DO have permission to try live, any advice?
Thanks in advance!
Re: Should I Try Live? (rats)
Yes, I would try live. Once he is established again, you can try to switch him back to f/t. Good luck.
Re: Should I Try Live? (rats)
Along with my list of bps, I also have a yearling jcp who is on f/t rats. Have you tried feeding him in his original enclosure? How are you warming up the rat? With my jcp, I have to really heat those rats up way more than for my bps. Even after the warming up process, I dangle the rat between the top of enclosure and the lid and he sniffs around and analyzes the heck out of it before he takes it his from his perch. I have never feed any of my pythons live but would take a guess once you switch over to live it my be difficult to go back to f/t. Hope this helps and keep us posted.