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  • 02-10-2012, 11:07 PM
    dereklondon24
    About damn time!!
    The 5 month fasting period is officially over. I finally convinced my 2 year old male normal blitz that it was time to stop being a chode and eat. Thanks to my friend Joe Ellis and i pretty crazy little trick he finally decided to stop being stubborn. Phew its nice to have that over with. Im going to give him about 5 days or so and then try to give him a med rat and hopefully he keeps up the good work. It was the best feeling ever seeing him hit that rat :)
  • 02-10-2012, 11:11 PM
    JeffD
    Ive got 2 doing the same thing right now, they both did it this time last year...:confused:

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  • 02-10-2012, 11:18 PM
    dereklondon24
    Well he's the only ball I have and it's the 2nd Time in 2 years he has done it but I'll tell u what there is no better feeling the. Seeing him strike that rat :)


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    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 Nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 Red Tail Boa- Tara
  • 02-10-2012, 11:24 PM
    Slim
    What was the trick? Do share!
  • 02-10-2012, 11:36 PM
    dereklondon24
    Well I went to the pet store today and was going to just look around (yeah right lol) well a pretty well- know. Breeder in these parts named Joe Ellis and I were talking and he told me to try this. I bought a small rat and he put some mouse bedding in there for scent and he told me to feed my ball in a pitch black room and to shine a flashlight on the mouse kind of like a spotlight effect and surprisingly that's all it took. He rocked that rats world.


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    I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.863056,-76.206350
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 Nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 Red Tail Boa- Tara
  • 02-10-2012, 11:39 PM
    DellaF
    Yeah share the trick:please: I have a couple that are being hard headed. My Spider girl finally ate after a month. Unfortunately she would only take a mouse. She was eating rats. Now she won't take a rat:tears:


    I posted to slow. I will have to try that.
  • 02-10-2012, 11:39 PM
    Slim
    Very cool. I hope he gets back to his regular feeding schedule. I'm pretty sure I've met Joe. Might have been at Animal Jungle a few years back.
  • 02-11-2012, 04:13 AM
    blueberrypancakes
    Yes!!! Awesome, glad your snake is eating for you again. did you feed live?
  • 02-11-2012, 07:10 AM
    dereklondon24
    yeah i did feeed live, i usually have to when he goes on those long fasts its really the only way hell eat after all that time but i def sit there like an over worrying parent and grab the rats legs so it cant dig into him when hes constricting
  • 02-11-2012, 09:04 AM
    dereklondon24
    della try putting mouse bedding in a small box with a rat and leaving it in there for a while.
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