Switching from live mice to f/t rats !!!HELP!!!

Glad to hear it! Thanks for the fast response Deborah.

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Originally Posted by s.chapman

You're all clueless and you all need psychological help if you think your poop smells like roses!

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This is the first thing I read and lol.

Look, if you don't want help (the advice on the first page is always there to check out, whenever you feel like it), then just do your own thing. You clearly have strong opinions about this, and that's fine. But attacking other people's way of doing things (especially when all my snakes are super chill, and they eat in the enclosure) is also not cool. Just take a break from here and try your own methods and ideas first.

Some people have been feeding in a separate bin for years and everything was always fine, and that's great. The point is that feeding inside their enclosure without handling them beforehand makes it EVEN EASIER to get them to eat f/t. If you want to stick to your ways and try your ideas first, that's fine too. It's just advice.

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Originally Posted by s.chapman

I joined this forum for some friendly advice as how to do so many changes I had to get my BP's used to and instead I receive useless lazy advice that I could have simply gotten off google AND to top it all off I get shoved down my throat that I shouldn't be tub feeding my BP's like it's the worst thing in the world and then get told by some ametuer that I'm being rude when I asked an innocent question lmao thank you to all those on this thread (you know who you are) for restoring my faith in the kindness and generosity of the human race. You're all gems! (NOT!!!)

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YOU come here asking for help.
Keep that in mind BEFORE you want to try to continue with the insults and name calling.
There are people here trying to give you information that have been keeping ball pythons longer than you have been alive.

All that being said, there is NO reason to move your animals to feed. I understand that you only have a couple but if/when you get some size to your collection you will understand a couple things about proper husbandry and reasons why experienced keepers give the advice that we do.
Till then, think before your fingers hit the keyboard and show some respect.

Well to help with the original question, try scenting, change the scent ether by using used bedding or defrosting mice and rats together. If the scent changes to something they like then they will eat it.

I am on a budget. I had no choice but to switch from live to f/t cause my rat colony has chosen not to breed since mid fall. I starved my biggest ones for a month. Refuse to do that to the babies. My yearlings and adults have been chowing on f/t like nothing.
My friend there is tons of good info and a lot of good people on here that will not steer you wrong. Deborah, PitOnTheProwl, akaDave n Albert are top notch people to take advice from. Juat to name a few. Good people for surw. Trust me.

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