First feeding

Bought a female Mojave from outback reptiles and she arrived Thursday morning. Feed her a hopper Mouse this afternoon she took it.

How to convert her too frozen rat pups and how soon after feeding can she be held???

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Originally Posted by robert7107

Bought a female Mojave from outback reptiles and she arrived Thursday morning. Feed her a hopper Mouse this afternoon she took it.

How to convert her too frozen rat pups and how soon after feeding can she be held???

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Her next feeding try a F/T rat pup wait 24 hours to handle her after feeding.

I'd offer a mouse fuzzy for the first 2-3 feedings before attempting the transition to rats. I don't handle any of my snakes for at least 48 hours after a feeding.

I really think it depends on the animal. I just got my banana from petsmart on Father's Day and they had been trying to feel F/T fuzzy mice (unsuccessfully for 6 weeks). On Wednesday of last week she took a live small rat without instance and is now in shed. Best of luck with the switch. The sooner, the better!


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Usually it is easier to switch an animal that is well established so I would recommend 3 to 5 feeding.

It's also better to mate it a tow step transition going from live hopper to f/t rats can be more complicated.

Offer 2 more hopper mice than offer a live rat crawler, if she goes for that repeat two more times and than switch to F/T rats.

When you switch to F/T make sure it is warm enough, thaw nice and slow at room temp near the enclosure to entice the snake to eat and warm the prey up with a hair dryer. Than rather than grabbing the rat by the tail grab it behind the neck and drag it around the bottom of the cage as if it was a live.

Good luck.