First feeding........Done

:taz:Well my first feeding for my new girl went like a charm.
Placed the first hopper in and within 30 seconds she hit it, I let her swallow that one then placed hopper number 2 in and BAM she nailed that one as well.
I'm so relieved as I was worried that she would have been like my last BP I had and not eat,, but I don't have to worry about that no more.
Next feeding I'm going to try and do the switch from live to thawed.

that's awesome! congrats.

make sure your f/t's are fully thawed and plenty warm when u offer it. :gj:

Thanks for the heads up.

I waited until mine had their 3 spaced out feedings of live hoppers before attempting the switch to f/t. The switch was easy and they have not looked back. They all take f/t rat crawlers now. Defnitely warm the prey aggressively. Blow dryer works really well.

Congrats on your first feed!

Congrats!! the first feed is always fun! I still get excited feeding even though I have had snakes for years. Makes me happy to see them thrive and lets me know i'm doing something right lol.

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Originally Posted by ItsAllNew2Me!

Congrats!! the first feed is always fun! I still get excited feeding even though I have had snakes for years. Makes me happy to see them thrive and lets me know i'm doing something right lol.

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It's such an extreme thing for me. When they eat I'm so excited, when they don't I kind of worry. I mean I'm not losing sleep but I would feel so much better if they'd just take the rat every 7 days lol.

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Originally Posted by bks2100

It's such an extreme thing for me. When they eat I'm so excited, when they don't I kind of worry. I mean I'm not losing sleep but I would feel so much better if they'd just take the rat every 7 days lol.

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Agreed. I hate it when they go on strikes. Ash went off right after i got him and that made me nervous. I got him at 95g and he dropped down to 69g before he started eating again the cool thing is he gained all his weight and some back in less than a month! This was not a husbandry issue as his tank was spot on with the others. He was just being stubborn lol.