The Big Switch

OK ,tonite I'm buying Dirk a small rat or something smaller,whatever his diameter is.Any tips on switching him over?I have mice to scent the rat with,but anything else?

Try giving it to him with no scent. It worked for me when switching both Roxy and Rebel over to rats, i didnt have to scent at all.

Other than that, i really have no "tips" for you, just go about feeding him like you always do.

i thought it was hard????......

No, not really, i just dropped the rats in there and they took em, simple as that.

Its not difficult unless you have a very stubborn snake .

yea my switch was easy too all i did was drop the rat in and he took it no problem.

sometimes it can be hard it just all depends on ur bp,how long is ur bp?(just wanted to compare sizes)

ok,i got a mouse instead,the rat looked waaaay bigger,so...Mod can u delete this thread

LOL why would this thread have to be deleted? That'd be quite a waste of posts and info. :)

Yeah, I switched my ball over to rats sooo easily. I sorta thought it'd be a bit difficult, so I had a mouse to scent it with too. But I never had to use anything like that. In fact, she took that weanling rat faster than she was taking the dinky mice I was feeding her previously. It was one of her strongest feeding responses in a while.
Not all ball pythons have trouble switching. Especially if it's a captive bred bp. And don't be too quick to dismiss the idea of your bp eating a rat just yet. When I got the big weaned rat from the pet shop in town, I looked at it and was sure Pelota wouldn't be able to eat that. But after I thawed it out and compared, it really wasn't any thicker than Pelota was. She took it down with ease. As long as the prey item is 1 to 1.5 times the thickness of your bp, they should manage taking it down. :)

im gonna freeze the mouse and thaw it again,he didnt take p/k.hes stubborn in a good way!

well, if he's stubborn, you might have some difficulty switching. when i switched Pandora, she was such a pain in the butt. it took me about a month to get her to eat the rat.. i had to scent it using mice AND used mouse bedding. i think after leaving it in there for 2 hours and covering her tank she eventually ate it... and now she's my garbage disposal that eats everything :)