non-eater-need advice

Hi,

Congrats on the feeding but you really need to change a few things for next time.

As you found out mice can chew through cardboard with ease so, when pre-scenting next time, use a plastic enclosure they can't get a tooth-hold on. :)

They sell small pet carriers in most pet stores, I would also recommend putting a waterbottle and some food in the tank with it - having this and some bedding handy means you can deal with any future refusals by keeping the animal till the next feeding day and making sure it is well fed and watered in the meantime.

There is no need to put the enclosure with the mouse actually inside the snakes tank - he can smell it fine from sitting nearby. :gj:

And the most important point.

Never leave an animal past the fuzzy stage in with your snake unsupervised - especially overnight.

You got lucky the snake ate the mouse and not the other way round during the night.


dr del

Hi,

And to answer the post you made while I was writing mine I would not try and feed him again until the next scheduled feeding day - it will not hurt to have him a little hungry for the next attempt. :)

The idea is to try and build up a good routine where he is actually expecting to be fed on a regular basis.


dr del

thanks. I normally never leave it unattended with the mouse in the cage, but i fell asleep, and thankfully nothing happened. i didnt know ball's had that keen of smell, i will just leave the mouse next to the cage for next time. the petco i get my feeders from is really helpful in that they allow me to return a mouse that my ball refuses, so at this point i dont need to get a rodent cage. I spent all the money i can at this point on my ball and getting his tank setup suitable, so its nice to be able to return uneaten feeders.:)
thanks everyone for you're help, if I have any more Q's (first reptile, so i probly will) I will come here.:gj: