Kenyan Sand Boa Converted to F/T!

Our picky little KSB finally took a f/t meal! He was eating live pinkie mice (usually two per meal). Every time we tried a f/t pinkie mouse, he refused. Yesterday, I offered a f/t fuzzie mouse and did the "I'm really alive and kicking" dance, and Morty fell for it!

Here is a hilarious picture of him after the first meal of this size for him. Blimpy boy! My fingers are in it for reference.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../fat_morty.jpg

He looked even funnier in person. The photo doesn't quite capture the comedy.

Great job! After I got mine I went right to work on switching to f/t, I got lucky though and they took for me the 2nd (for the larger KSB) and 3rd (for the smaller one) week after I got them :)

I had to do that little dance too! Its so funny, they went right for it and then kind of figured out that I was just trying to trick them so they would pretend like they were not interested, but then actually eat the mice the second time I did the dance.

my little one love f/t my middle pair they will each them but a lot of teasing goes into getting them to take them but they do. now my big guys lets not even go there picky picky picky thats all i can say about them they eat when they want to maybe 4 times a year. they have been like that for 3 years now.

After the males get to be adults I have found them to be very sporadic eaters. Saves a lot on feeding expenses. Very bright orange on the little guy.

Congrats, Melissa!! :cool: He's a beautiful little guy!!

Thanks, y'all! I had hoped to switch him to f/t once he moved up to fuzzies. Doing the "I'm alive" dance with a f/t pinkie is so gross! They seem to be made of silly putty. I'm just glad he took it. Finding live pinkie mice was getting to be a pain. Maybe not having eaten for 3 weeks or so helped! :D