1 out of 3 ate their first F/T weanling...

Hi,

You should really just wait till the next scheduled feeding day.

Offering them food everyday will only stress them out and actually decrease the chances they will eat for you.

I would also not feed the mojo till the next scheduled day - let it digest its meal and get nice and hungry for next time. Keep an eye on its behaviour and if it is showing no sign of hunting behaviour consider giving it a couple of extra days maybe.

If you keep offering the two non F/T eaters and then feeding it to the mojo you will in all likelyhood end up with three non-feeders when the mojo feels overfed and decides to stop eating. ;)

When some of mine are being predictably fussy I do it this way;

I defrost only what I know will be eaten the first week - in your case you have one that will eat happily so you could try defrosting only one but offering it to the two non-feeders first. (heat it up between times obviously ).

If one of them eats it great. :gj: - you can defrost another one the next day and try the other non-eater first that night. If none of the non-eaters wants it then you feed it to the mojo and you have tried all three animals and not wasted any food.

The second week I hope they will be a little hungrier so tend to defrost two - if I end up throwing the second one out then its back to one for a coupel of weeks.

Of course if they are all hungry you end up with two snakes that smell food but aren't getting any - but hey, you have to suffer for your hobby on occasion. :P

But between feedings double check all husbandry, think if there is any way you can make them feel more secure in case that is the problem, and resist the temptation to handle them in case that helps.

You can also get some nice deals on hemostats on ebay - I see them under "international sellers" all the time. :salute:

Oh and by the way;

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Originally Posted by pitsandpythons

no matter how long I did the zombie dance or what type of zombie dance I did...The other two wouldn't bite...I tried slow zombie'ing, break zombie'ing, almost thought about putting a pole in my cage to do some dirty zombie'ing...

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Utter, utter class. :bow: :bow:


dr del

UPDATE!!!!

All 3 ate the F/T weanlings today...:banana:

Thanks for all the suggestions...Did the same process but danced less and zapped them longer and quicker with the hair dryer...

My mojo is on her 3rd F/T and the others have just had their first...Hopefully this will be the start of moving over to F/T for good...

FT is so ridiculously easy. I've never fed live and hope to never have to but its so nice just going to the freezer, grabbing their dinner, thawing it and feeding. No running to the store to get live feeders, no having to kill them if the snake doesn't eat them, WAY cheaper and no danger to the snakes. I am NOT trying to start a debate here lol, I am just listing the benefits. If you feed live and prefer that way then more power to you, its how it happens out in the wild.

Okay...This will be my last update, but I'm stoked after what just happened...:banana:

I thawed my 3 weanling and BAM in less than 5 minutes give or take a few to run to the laundry room and get another baggied rat and blow dry zapp them...All 3 ate their F/T meals today...

You can not believe how relieved I am...I think they might now be transferred over to F/T...Most have done 2 meals and one has done 4...

Do you think I'm out of the woods and can stock up on my F/T Rats?

Hi,

It does sound like our on the way at least - I like to use 3 as the magic number for claiming a pattern but lets see what the others give as their numbers. :)


dr del

I have 2 snakes that have eaten f/t exactly once, and refused it all other times offered. One of those is a corn! So I would say while it is a very good indication that because they have taken the f/t more than once that they will continue to eat it, it is also possible for a snake to take f/t on occasion and refuse it most of the time. So I'd say not quite out of the woods.

Congrats on the progress you have made so far though!

Okay...Sorry had to post from tonight's feeding...I did my thawing process...Got the hairdryer out...Started the blow dry on the first weanling and next thing I knew all of them were out of their hides staring at me...KINDA CREEPY!!! This never happened with any of my boas when I had normal feeding live rats on regular feeding days...However, all 3 ate F/T again...3 down minimum for each...When they get full grown, I'll be really scared seeing them all stare at me from the front of my RBI cages...

Was it the hair dryer or the air blowing the rat scent around? Or them thinking I'm a 200lb rat and they were hungry? No comment on the last part :)