I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
So... Try #3, we finally got Herman, our fairly young BP to take F/T. The F/T he was significantly smaller than his normal meal. Should I also feed him the live mouse I purchased? If so, I should probably kill it first so as not to jeopardize him taking F/T going forward, correct?
I don't want to overfeed him, but if he can take the second mouse, I'd obviously prefer to give it to him.
Re: I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
My snake was born in June, so not very big. I haven't weighed him yet b/c he's been eating very regularly and so I haven't worried about it. I probably should be more responsible about his measurements, but I've just been eyeballing his prey size and things have gone well.
He's typically eating every 5-6 days, so I could keep the mouse and feed him again in 3(?) days? I don't have any mouse food, however, so I'm not sure how long mice can go without food. And I don't want the little guy to suffer needlessly either.
ETA: I could always return him to the pet store. I don't need my money back or anything, I just wasn't sure if there was an easy way to somehow use him for Herman's next feeding.
Re: I got my BP to take a F/T! Now what to do with the live mouse?
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Originally Posted by
Homegrownscales
You could always turn that mouse into food for a later date by pk and freezing. If he will take ft now cull and freeze the live mouse. You can then use it whenever necessary.
Thats what I did when I was converting a bp over to f/t. I had bought a live mouse and he went over to f/t without any issue so I killed the mouse and froze him for a later date and the bp ate him with no problems.
