Snake didn't eat... What do I do with the live rat pup?

Title says it all. Unfortunately I got a really cute rat pup, and we're just looking at it like "Hm.. Well what now?" Should I just keep it around til I want to try and feed her next? And if so, what do they eat? The pup has barely opened its eyes.

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

Title says it all. Unfortunately I got a really cute rat pup, and we're just looking at it like "Hm.. Well what now?" Should I just keep it around til I want to try and feed her next? And if so, what do they eat? The pup has barely opened its eyes.

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you could also freeze it and try f/t with the snake! I am unsure of the age or weight of the snake but it sounds to be very small so you might have a hard time getting it to eat f/t unless you have gotten it to before or the previous owner had. And if it is too young and was taken from the mother and not weaned yet it will prolly die because it was still on the mothers milk. But in any case you can try dog food or something of the sort rats will pretty much eat anything.

Yeah, the snake is pretty small. I was told she's a month old. She looks to be a little on the thin side, so we tried feeding her after 4 days of being in our care. What would you think about leaving it in the tank over night and seeing it it's gone in the morning?

So are you reccomending to freeze a live rat pup? That's awesome! Well, not really but hey, great advice.

What you could do is search www.google.com for what rat pups eat-and go from there.

I would not reccomend leaving any live prey item unattended with your snake. Although if they do not have teeth it would be worth a try.

Well right about now freezing it is one of my options. It's either it starves to death (That's if it's not weaned, I have no idea.), cuz I'm not gonna offer food again for another 5 days, or it freezes to death. Either is horrible, and I hate to do it. I'm sure the guy I bought it from wouldn't be that understanding.

It does not hurt to try although in your situation it may be your only option. Just hope it does not have to suffer for very long. (Deep Freeze)

Hey I have a month old hatchling that didnt eat the 2 rat fuzzies that I had bought her. I left them in with her for the past day and a half...she's now in her hide with two little bulges in her tummy. Just leave it in there....

Rather than let it die (slowly) in the freezer, you could just kill the rat instantaneously and then toss it in the freezer if that's what you choose to do. Either place it in a bag and give it a good whack on something solid, or place a ruler (or other flat object) behind the rats head, and with the rat lying on a table or something, pull up sharply on the tail (breaking the rats neck/spinal cord). :gj:

If it barely opened its eyes or still has closed eyes, it's probably not going to hurt your snake. Just leave it, it'll eat.