first f/t

i switched the snakes from live, to pre-killed, and tonight i tried frozed and thawed. i put the snakes in the boxes, and let them roam around for a moment. i used tongs and made the mouse do a little dance. roswell took a moment, but he got it and swollowed it down pretty fast. roo got it even quiker. as soon as she smelled it she jumped, and got it. they both had no problems taking the f/t mice. i hope they will take them from now on. :P

Congratulations! :D

Way to Go !! I'm having a heck of a time getting my Lad to eat fresh kill, all he wants is live.

Grats!

Thats funny because I tried feeding Amy a live mouse and she didn't seem too excited about it, but I killed it and then tried again and she grabbed it fairly quickly. So far she wont eat frozen/thawed so Im on fresh-killed.

Well, Ippo switched to frozen/thawed mice easily enough (I just offered him one week and he took it no problem). However, I have just converted him to rats.

My first attempt feeding him a f/t rat a few weeks ago, he wouldn't take it, so I ended up giving him a mouse. Then, for the next meal, I fed him a prekilled rat, and he ate it down fine. Now, just tonight, I offered him a f/t rat but he refused it again. I thought that the reason he refused this f/t rat and the original f/t rat was because they were too big for him. However, just to take a chance, I offered the rat to my new female and she took it down. It's a bit bigger of a bulge than I would like but nothing too extreme. So, my thinking is that my male BP has something against f/t rats specifically. I'm guessing it may be because he's not used to the scent of rats yet, and the freezing process further disrupts the scent. I'll keep feeding him prekilled for a little while, and then try frozen again.

Hey, congrats on the switch! Sometimes it's not easy, but it's great when they switch for ya.

Great job on the switch! Congrats!

thanks. i was happy to see they took em so quikly. roswell struck so hard he left a patch of mouse hair behind in the tongs.

i tried frozen once but rocky wasnt intrested, i think its becuase i didnt heat it up correctly. So i just decided to skip all the freezing,thawing,and warming up and do fresh kill and now i have never had a problem with him not eating. Congrats on your succes ! :)