My girl is eating again ! Thanks to all !

After exhausting all possibilities and trying many different ways with F/T. Chicken broth, warm water , jiggling it to the left, then to the right (mouse macarena). I even started making chirping sounds like a mouse ! (jst kidding) . And nothing. It might as well been a bologna sandwich.

I tried one more time with F/T and nothing. So i put in a live hopper, 2 seconds later, YAHTZEE !!! Struck in seconds. Man, what a relief.
So i'm going to feed live til shes "up and running" then try and reintroduce F/T here and there.

Thanks to all for the advice. Ant the Vets for their patience. :bow:

Cliff

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Originally Posted by trott

After exhausting all possibilities and trying many different ways with F/T. Chicken broth, warm water , jiggling it to the left, then to the right (mouse macarena). I even started making chirping sounds like a mouse ! (jst kidding) . And nothing. It might as well been a bologna sandwich.

I tried one more time with F/T and nothing. So i put in a live hopper, 2 seconds later, YAHTZEE !!! Struck in seconds. Man, what a relief.
So i'm going to feed live til shes "up and running" then try and reintroduce F/T here and there.

Thanks to all for the advice. Ant the Vets for their patience. :bow:

Cliff

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Me personally, i'd just feed live from now on so you don't have that issue anymore. If you only have 1 snake, feeding live isn't a problem.

That's just my opinion.

Congrats though!! WooHoo!

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If you prefer to feed F/T later on, don't give up. Either way is just as good. It's the keeper's preference.

Thanks. I hear ya. Yeah, right now i just have one. (for now) . Don't mind feeding live, just wanted to avoid keeping more furry pets. Will if i have to though. Just part of the territory, right ? Hey, my Husky loves mice...
jst kdg

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Originally Posted by Texas Dan

Me personally, i'd just feed live from now on so you don't have that issue anymore. If you only have 1 snake, feeding live isn't a problem.

That's just my opinion.

Congrats though!! WooHoo!

:salute:

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I agree. I only have 3 snakes - 2 bp's and a hognose. The bp's eat live because they ate live before I got them. So, I didn't try switching. We used to "stun" the rat before giving it (read all the bad stuff about feeding live) but now, I don't even do that anymore. My bp's are efficient predators plus we supervise. I raise my own rats now so it works perfect. Then I got a hognose. The store fed him live before but the store owner said he's a finicky eater - would go on months without eating. So, I read up on them and found out they're opportunistic feeders, so my husband pre-kills the rat before giving it to him and he never missed a meal since. So, my opinion is, do whatever your snake prefers.

Now, if this was a British forum, I would have been 'rassed for feeding live. They really come down hard on live feeders there.