Well another thread about F/T :(

Mr. Lang. Thanks. I wish I could feed live because honestly I would probably just keep doing so. The only supplier in town has mites. I won't go back to that store. Every other shop only sells F/T. I just moved here and I did check before moving but had no idea the only place in town was so filthy and don't care their snakes have mites. I will just have to keep trying. I think I will use the hair dryer technique for the next few offerings. I will also try and get the temp up around 100f.

Well first success! My spider took a small ~60gram F/T rat tonight! I tried the blow dryer with all three and no dice. An hour later after leaving it in one of the cages over the heat tape side I tried and the spider struck and the rest is history. I tried the again with the two girls but no luck. Still at least 1 out of three gives me a little hope. It was a s meal though. Hopefully he will take a good sized meal soon.

Go somewhere that raises feeders and ask them for their dirties, smelliest rat bedding.

Thaw your rats, dry them thoroughly, "shake and bake" them in the dirty gross bedding. Shake off any excess, and blow dry to get the rat hot again.

The thawing process washed away much of the natural scent I believe, I seem to have great luck with giving the f/t a little bit of that rodent-y scent back.

Like another poster said, don't be afraid to leave it in the cage overnight. My snakes usually take them right away. In the past, when they didn't, I'd dance it around, etc.. Now, if they don't hit it after a few seconds, I leave it outside the hide and leave. They always disappear. Glad you had at least one success!

Well I decided to feed these guys live rats just to make sure they were hungry a reverting was ok. The two ate and the third didn't. The third one though was handled shortly before feeding so I think it felt too insecure. So at least I know then are all hungry. I decided to feed the rat that didn't get eaten, to thee we that had a smaller rat so it didn't go to waste. That snake had two 75g rats and weighs about ~900 grams. Maybe a touch too much but she looked lie she was still super hungry. It is a little ove the 15% markfb t not by much. Th pet store that sells live seems to have cleaned up the store quite a bit. It is a risk shopping there but I want these guys to get some meals I them. I have a me source of love feeders coming soon. So if mines strike again I will have to treat them again. It is a chance I am willing to take. I only have to get a few more feeing from those guys. I may still try to convert to frozen but I want thee guys to get some good meals in them first.

Thanks for all of the advise. I wish I had more patience. It was almost eight weeks and only one took a small F/T.

Glad they ate something! You can always try again later on

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if your feeding once a week or every 7-14 days, they will be ok to go a little longer without food, sometimes the need for food will kick in and they smell the FT an take it. just make sure you wiggle it an move it when they grab it. this makes them think they are killing it. i put my rats in cold water for 2 hrs or so then i run hot tap water over them for 1-2 mins an let them soak in hot water, while drying them on a towel one at a time and offer them. i just fed a wild caught my buddy converted to FT. took him a few weeks to do so.