Frustrated. she's stuck on mice.

and the reason i didn't want to be stubborn for a month or two is because i would ideally like to have her up to size by next winter. hoping it will be my first season breeding. lol

I had a hatchling Albino that would only eat live mice nothing else, Not even the same sized Rat rolled in mouse pee & poop! lol I got him to finally switch by feeding a smaller mouse and then followed by a smaller rat. That worked for the mouse switch but then came that same snake on the Frozen thawed switch and he would have no part of it and would rather STARVE. I figured that if I got the snake room darkened like night time and Gently opened the lid just a peek enough to get the Frozen Mouse or Rat along with the Tongs in and gave it a slow Nervous animal shake and BAM! (Works really well but in the dark you can sometimes get mistaken for food too! So keep the lid Barely open for the Tongs) Both worked well for my needs hope this helps anybody on the switch

A little bit out of the box, but you can try ASF rats?

If she takes mice I am sure she would love those... and they are just the right size for an adult BP.

But she might get stuck on those, but they are not very smelly so it might be nice to breed a couple.

Do not try soft fur rats.

Put the mouse and the rat in the same bag with the bedding and get the rat to smell like the mouse.

Or you can kill the rat and put the dead rat and live mouse in and she may eat both.

Or you can just keep feeding mice, but try to switch to frozen thawed it's much cheaper and u can get 3 for 1 live one.

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Do not try soft fur rats.

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Why not? If you can get them regularly.. why not? And don't tell me they "imprint" I switch from frozen rats/mice to live ASF with all of my ball pythons, and all of the adults will switch easily. Babies, not as much, but they are babies so they have a better excuse for being picky :P

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Or you can just keep feeding mice, but try to switch to frozen thawed it's much cheaper and u can get 3 for 1 live one.

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Actually if you set up a small colony you can grow them out even cheaper;)

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Originally Posted by snakeg

Do not try soft fur rats.

Put the mouse and the rat in the same bag with the bedding and get the rat to smell like the mouse.

Or you can kill the rat and put the dead rat and live mouse in and she may eat both.

Or you can just keep feeding mice, but try to switch to frozen thawed it's much cheaper and u can get 3 for 1 live one.

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How much experience do you have with ASFs and switching feed sources? I feed f/t rats, ASFs, live rats and have no problems switching from food source to food source. Switching to ASFs then using ASF bedding to scent Norway rats may be a good way to make the transition.