problems eating

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Originally Posted by rivunel

so my older snake does not seem to like to eat i bought her about two months ago. but i put her in a separate container with a heating pad underneath and a hide spot this seemed to help, but this past feeding she ended up never eating the rat after almost an hour i do feed her a few hours after nightfall. the only real thing i can think of is that there is a chance the rats are a little too big where i live there is only one place that sell mice or rats within an hour and it's petco their mice and rats vary so much in size from week to week i can't really control exactly the size of rats she eats. does anyone have suggestions of how to make her more likely to eat or should i try switching to frozen? i know the person i bought her from has fed her live her whole life.

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Feed her in her cage - ditch the separate container.

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Originally Posted by rivunel

i had heard if you feed them in their own cage they're more likely to bite you because they associate the opening of the cage with food is it less likely for them to bite me than i have been told? i'm not so much worried about getting bit as i am about the snake getting hurt if it bites me..

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I'd like to find out that person who started the old "if you feed them in their own cage they'll be more prone to bite you" rumour and give them a wedgie.

It's BS.

Feed your snake in it's cage. If you feed it frozen thawed, you won't have to worry about what is more prone to biting.

Instead of trying a bunch of exotic tricks that will probably result in only stressing your animal out, thaw out the prey item and dangle it in front of your snake. If it doesn't take it, simply lay it close to the animal and walk away.

Start there. If your snake is still not eating, then you can try some other techniques - but first try the simplest, less stressful method.

Yup, listen to Skiploder. Good advice right there. :gj: