Feeding Question..

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Originally Posted by Snakie2010

I would prefer myself for her to eat in a feeding box, I tried but she won't take the food... so how do you think I can solve that problem..? Keep on trying?

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Well, here's my process:

1. Take the mouse from the freezer and put it in a cup of the hottest water from the tap
2. After about 15-30 minutes, I put it on on a plastic chinese food lid and put that under the heat lamp to get it to normal body temperature.
3. While the mouse is under the heat lamp, I get my snake out of her tank and into the box to let her settle down a bit. She usually goes around sticking her tongue out a bit while this is going on.
4. I grab the mouse with a pair of tongs by the back legs/hips( basically the body, not the tail) and hold it about 3-6 inches from her slightly in the air. She'll strike at the mouse directly in the tongs.

A couple things about the last step. I grab by the back of the body instead of the tail because it let's me hold the mouse horizontal instead of straight up and down.

I hold it in the air because it seems to get her attention more when things are moving above her(when not feeding moving my hand over her typically causes a defensive curl while moving my hand in front of her does nothing)

Finally, I don't just leave it in with her because she seems to lose interest sooner if it's not moving.


Hope that helps

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Originally Posted by Jeo123

Well, here's my process:

1. Take the mouse from the freezer and put it in a cup of the hottest water from the tap
2. After about 15-30 minutes, I put it on on a plastic chinese food lid and put that under the heat lamp to get it to normal body temperature.
3. While the mouse is under the heat lamp, I get my snake out of her tank and into the box to let her settle down a bit. She usually goes around sticking her tongue out a bit while this is going on.
4. I grab the mouse with a pair of tongs by the back legs/hips( basically the body, not the tail) and hold it about 3-6 inches from her slightly in the air. She'll strike at the mouse directly in the tongs.

A couple things about the last step. I grab by the back of the body instead of the tail because it let's me hold the mouse horizontal instead of straight up and down.

I hold it in the air because it seems to get her attention more when things are moving above her(when not feeding moving my hand over her typically causes a defensive curl while moving my hand in front of her does nothing)

Finally, I don't just leave it in with her because she seems to lose interest sooner if it's not moving.


Hope that helps

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Well today was feeding time so I did a newpaper in the feedingbox because it was seetrue... went to get her out of her enclosure put her in the feedingbox for 10 min to settle in, the rat pinks ready to go.. en YESSSS she ate....!!!

I am soooo glad she eat woehoee :D

Great! Congrats!