Should I leave F/T mouse in tank?

Ok- Cancel my post above. I went to remove the mouse & it was gone! Strange snake!! lol I hope its ok for her to eat, after sitting there 12 hrs?? yuck!

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Originally Posted by Lisn123

Ok- I hope its ok for her to eat, after sitting there 12 hrs?? yuck!

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She will be just fine, glad to hear she finally took it.

It's fine trust me. I have a few BPs and a BRB that only eat F/T mice that are left in the tubs overnight. They're very secretive feeders and won't strike at the food off prongs. I just place it out front of their hide before nightfall and leave them be and once morning comes, the rat is gone. I also have a Suriname boa who will not eat in front of anyone. She strikes and then pulls the rat into her hide to eat it. If shes out in the open, she won't eat at all. When she was younger, I approached her cage while she was consuming the rat and she actually regurgitated it and waited for nightfall before she ate it. And there's others who couldn't care less what's going on around them, they'll feed regardless. Some snakes are just shy. Maybe shyness isn't the case with yours....but the point is, she ate it so nothing to worry about. You get to know your individual snakes personality and feeding habits overtime and you adjust accordingly. I have a male boa who's so ferocious when he feeds that if you use prongs to offer the rat, he strikes so hard that it explodes - guts and everything. So I've learned to quietly sneak the rat in there while he's sleeping during the day and he'll slowly approach and eat it without making a mess. So my point is, you'll learn over time your snakes feeding habits. A rat thawed for 12 hours in your snakes enclosure is fine though - don't worry about it rotting or decaying after that amount of time.
Good luck!!

Glad she ate for you! :banana: