Been years but here goes nothing...

Gonna give frozen thawed a go again. As the collection grows it's harder and harder for me to keep up with driving to Illinois to get live feeders then coming back home to Missouri just to have to keep the one my male doesn't eat for another week or 2. So... Wish me luck.. Got 2 small rats and 4 pups hoping for at least a 50% success rate here today...


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Good luck. I've found the best success with getting snakes switched to frozen/thawed to be giving them a live rodent that is smaller then usual and follow it up with a frozen/thawed one that has been heated up.

Good luck. If they are hungry I am betting you get a 50% success rate on the first pass. I think I would actually skip a week to make sure they were good and hungry.

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Good luck. I've found the best success with getting snakes switched to frozen/thawed to be giving them a live rodent that is smaller then usual and follow it up with a frozen/thawed one that has been heated up.

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Thanks! Kinda what I've done here on accident haha I know the new 4 ate ft with the breeder and my female is a very aggressive eater so I'm not so worried about her.. However the 8 year old "I eat 8-12 x's a year 1200g male" is the one that brings the frustration!


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Good luck. If they are hungry I am betting you get a 50% success rate on the first pass. I think I would actually skip a week to make sure they were good and hungry.

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No worry there! 2 weeks for the big mojo girl, February or March for the normal and the 3/4 new ones just got here Tuesday so hopefully the skipped week before and 4 days here has their appetites worked up!


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Rolling the f/t rats around in freshly used poopy mice aspen (you can ask for a bag at some pet store) also gives a fresh, strong scent and seems to help a lot for me, so it's worth a shot.

I literally get a dirty bag of it and save the stuff for months to use for scent coating for every feeding. I just have one problem snake who hated f/t, but he's been eating consistently now. If I don't roll the f/t rat in the smelly mouse aspen though, he won't take it.

Good luck!

2/3... That male I tell ya... Honestly he's ate 13 times in 2 years and he doesn't lose weight. [emoji23]


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