need some info on mojaves

Its surprising that some snakes wont take live prey either... Some of mine will refuse frozen for whatever but ive never had one refuse a live rat/mouse... Its strange some of mine will eat frozen for months... then refuse ... i feed em a live one and then next week they take frozen?? Dunno how to explain it

My mojo will eat 1 of what ever I offer. If I offer mice she eats 1 mouse if I offer small rats. she eats 1. .so frustrating. :mad:

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Originally Posted by JoshJP7

Raul care to share the difference between assited feeding and force feeding?

Morphie - I'm not worried on how you handle your snakes... If it works then it works

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Assist feeding involves taking a prekilled rodent(of appropiate size) and opening the snakes mouth with it(head) and putting it in the mouth of the snake until about the rodents ears(entire head) then putting the snake down(I like to do it right in there own tub) and letting the snakes swallowing reflex to finish the job. Usually thats all you need to do with hatchlings. Some may spit it out but if it is far enough in there their teeth will hold it in and when they relax a little they will begin to swallow it. Force feeding is alot more stressful where you actually push the rodent (or pinky pump) all the way down into the stomach, one usually needs to push the meal down once inside to reach the stomach. Force feeding is a last ditch effort and is done on wild caught snakes sometimes or extremely undernourished, Force feeding can end with regurgitation, not good for the snake.

Assist feeding is much less obtrusive/stressful to the snake and helps initiate natural feeding response.