Yahoooo!!!

Jojo is now as i type eating his first small rat he just got past the head so i think he will be able to hold it down. But my other wont eat it i dangle it in front of her and she backs away. But i put her in a small box with it and maybe she will take it.

Congrats! Feeding days are so great when they eat! The other one will come around, Im sure since you left it in there with her she will find it. (It is dead, right?)

Jennifer

Congrats on getting them to take rats, it can be real tricky. I hope you have luck with the others.

Well my new BP didnt eat the rat and yes it put it in there dead i had quite a drama knocking them out. I put them in a ziplock bag and smacked them against the wall the bag tore open and the rats flew. had a heck of a time keeping the cats away. Any suggestions on my other Bp would be greatly appreciated? Gosh i have never seen Jojo take such a large prey item its amazing how elastic their bodies are.

I'd just wait a few days and see if you can catch her cruising the cage like she's hungry. If you do, then wait another day and try to feed her again.

i was thinking about going and getting her a rat pup or pinky rat and leaving them together for a little while. And maybe she will eat then. Because if i leave a dead mouse or rat in there it will start to decay and a rat pup cant hurt the snake. Do you think thats a good idea?

A rat pup could hurt the snake, it's just less likely to than a big rat. If you put a pup in with her, you should supervise. You can leave dead prey in overnight without any problem. I would still strongly suggest waiting a few days before trying to feed her again.

Ok good news i got my new python maybe i can call her Mojo you know Mojo and Jojo i think its cute. Anyway she ate a mouse which is better then nothing after feeding her prekilled, freeze thawed, and she took a live one with no hesitation either she was really hungry or she prefers live i just had to keep an eye on them to make she the mouse didnt get brave.

Glad to hear that went well for you, Damien. Always good to have them eating. :)

Well, I went to the reptile store and got one more mouse for my new BP i figured that she might still be hungry the mouse she ate wasnt all that big. And i tried to feed her again and she didnt take it. Something is better then nothing i suppose. Should i just wait till next feeding time?

Yes, and next time you buy, try to get a mouse as big around as her middle, give or take. Sometimes they're not available, but that's another reason why it's good to feed frozen if you can get them to take it, because you can always get the right size somewhere.

Which reminds me, I ran into a guy at Petco this weekend buying f/t pinkies for his 2 new bp's. I think I got him talked into buying adult mice next time around, but at least he's trying to feed frozen.

So i guess for a little while at least till friday i will have a pet mouse.

that's how it always works with bp's... i've had 100's of pet rats since i got my ball pythons.

The good thing about living here is that there are 3 stores that sell feeders about 5 minutes from my house one of which deals mainly with reptiles and they euthanize and feed thier own feeders and they also have live feeders thats where i got the rat. And they are not to expensive the mice are $0.93 and small rats are $1.10. Since my new ball python has a hard time eating mice. I read somewhere that they will take a Gerbil without any problems. Has anyone ever tried this?