Feeding size

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Originally Posted by EL-Ziggy

I know there are some snakes that will only eat live but I do believe the majority of them can be converted to f/t. It takes a lot of patience sometimes but if the snake isn't losing a lot of weight you just have to wait them out. Eventually they'll get hungry and eat what's available. Once they take f/t I would never offer live prey again unless absolutely necessary. You have a very nice BP. I'm sure you don't want him to get injured, or worse, by his food.

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yeah it's tough. She ate a f/t like 3 days after i got her, then stopped eating for 3 weeks and did lose some weight. I did EVERYTHING and a bunch of people on here said, "You have to feed your snake what it will eat, not what you want it to eat." It's hard when I have one snake thats a super pickey eater, and one that's a garbage disposal. I bought a live rat pup today, and put it in the tank and again, she has no interest. I wonder if she'll eat fresh-killed...but i don't know how to kill a rat/mouse.

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Originally Posted by Reed12321

It's hard when I have one snake thats a super pickey eater, and one that's a garbage disposal.

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And this is how I have a few snakes that grow much much more quickly than their peers. They end up with double meals when their pal wont eat his rat. Luckily in my case my problem feeders are proven males. The females and juvenile males keep pounding those rats.

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Originally Posted by chrisv

And this is how I have a few snakes that grow much much more quickly than their peers. They end up with double meals when their pal wont eat his rat. Luckily in my case my problem feeders are proven males. The females and juvenile males keep pounding those rats.

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Well both of my snakes are juvenile, but that is how my male is more than twice the size of my female, and they're less than a month and a half apart in age. He eats all of the meals that she won't eat. He has 15 recorded feeds, but I know there was a feed here and there that I didn't record because he ate a tiny mouse hopper or fuzzy. The one I'm having issues with has 8 feeds. She was eating live no problem, but now that she had a rough feed, she's refusing. I guess I'll wait a week to feed her again. Looks like I'll be taking care of a rat pup.