Magic Mice

I have a female bp that is about 1.5 years old. The first 6-months I had her she ate mice...then she got bigger and ate rats for 6 months. This summer in june she went on a feeding strike....didnt eat for 2 months.....then has started to eat about once every 3 weeks. I decided to let her try a mouse today...and she ate 3 no problem. I fed her 1 mouse...then tried feeding her a rat...didnt touch it....then ate 2 more mice no problem.

This is crazy...what kind of snake eats mice as a baby...eats rats for 6 months....then decides it will only eat mice again? lol

Anyone else ever experience this?

I will join the club.

Happens all the time.....especially with pastels.

My first BP and male Amel corn snake prefer mice even though they have taken rats before.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Osborne

Happens all the time.....especially with pastels.

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More-so with pastels... really? Can anyone chime in to confirm/deny/give a better explanation? Seems anecdotal to me.

I find snakes are alot like ppl, who the heck know's why they do what they do.

Really are you claiming that there are differences in personality based on the morph? I understand it COULD happen I just kind of think it wouldn't. Though further elaboration would be welcome by myself and everyone else.

I had a pastel who did something similar, started on mice as a hatchling then to rat pups and small rats. Out of nowhere she stopped eating, didnt go back to mice but she ate ASFs for about 3 weeks then went back to regular rats.

I have a pastel who steadily ate frozen thawed for a good six months and now wont touch them, but I think it doesnt really have much to do with the morph, I think any snake might do that....

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Originally Posted by FIREball

I had a pastel who did something similar, started on mice as a hatchling then to rat pups and small rats. Out of nowhere she stopped eating, didnt go back to mice but she ate ASFs for about 3 weeks then went back to regular rats.

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I also have had this happen with both of my pastels. started on mice then rats only for a bit and now back on mice. I think its just coincedence and also the fact that were were asked specifically about pastels. I dont think pastels do it any more than any or snake.