Snake + Rat = BFF (pic)

Been having a hard time getting Cleo to eat... Tried F/T (which ideally I want her to eat) hair dryer trick, zombie dance, dangling jiggling, live mouse, and now live rat. No go. Ugh. I'm so frustrated... Pretty much everyone else is eating fine.

Seriously? -_- Besties? lol
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Haha! Cleo is gorgeous! I had a rat climb on top of one of my big girls and she started to move around the tub with the rat just chillin on for the ride. That went on for almost ten minutes before she whipped around and snatched it up. :rolleyes:

Playing with her food! Haha

Hahaha great pic !!!

You gotta laugh when they act like their guarding their food for later, it looks like she's daring you to take him from her.

I would give her a break and then feed smaller meals. I feel like some of mine are intimidated by the larger rats.

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Originally Posted by Andybill

Haha! Cleo is gorgeous! I had a rat climb on top of one of my big girls and she started to move around the tub with the rat just chillin on for the ride. That went on for almost ten minutes before she whipped around and snatched it up. :rolleyes:

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Thank you! :) Haha piggyback rides! Yippee! I wish she would have done that eventually, but instead she just moved around a bit, flicked her tongue, kind of acted like she was going to nuzzle under the rat's belly all snuggly-like, and then jerked back and shy away when the rat sniffed at her.

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Originally Posted by Valley

Playing with her food! Haha

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lol no kidding! 'Quit playing with your food and eat it!'

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Originally Posted by Burzurk

Hahaha great pic !!!

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Thanks! I thought it was kind of cute... :P

such a cute picture haha

as for feeding - have you tried mice? I would start with a f/t mouse, then offer some live mice. Also try throwing a paper towel/toiler roll in there as a hide. Extra security and the sense of hunting can entice them :gj:. The toilet paper roll trick did it for my clown! I threw a live mouse in, and the clown slithered into the roll and sniffed first, then came out and grabbed the mouse :gj:! Once you get her eating, you can worry about transitioning her to your preferred food item :gj:.

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Originally Posted by aldebono

I would give her a break and then feed smaller meals. I feel like some of mine are intimidated by the larger rats.

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I've been trying her only about once a week, since I've heard that if you overdo it they can tend to shy away altogether and go off-feed. I've had her for almost 2 months and she hasn't eaten at all. :( I tried a live mouse too, about two weeks ago since I thought maybe she'd feel more confident... same reaction. I don't know what to do, or what I'm doing wrong. She still seems healthy and has only lost a little weight (16g) but I guess my frustration is that she hasn't eaten for me at all yet. :( Thanks so much for the tip and advice... maybe next week I'll try a live mouse again and wait it out a little longer.

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Originally Posted by h00blah

such a cute picture haha

as for feeding - have you tried mice? I would start with a f/t mouse, then offer some live mice. Also try throwing a paper towel/toiler roll in there as a hide. Extra security and the sense of hunting can entice them :gj:. The toilet paper roll trick did it for my clown! I threw a live mouse in, and the clown slithered into the roll and sniffed first, then came out and grabbed the mouse :gj:! Once you get her eating, you can worry about transitioning her to your preferred food item :gj:.

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See post above about the mouse :) She has a hide in there, I just took it out to feed her, since I bought one size too small for her and she literally 'clown car'-s inside the hide. I didn't think she'd even know the rat was there with her big butt blocking the whole door... lol Her new, bigger hide should be in tomorrow. :) The paper towel roll is a GREAT idea! But I think she is too big (I will certainly keep that in mind for my smaller snakes though!) I have tried three different smaller sizes of rats (F/T) for her... I should try a F/T mouse?

One of my girls had been off feed since Christmas, and I finally got her to eat today by leaving a pre killed in with her.. I had tried everything else and don't like having to kill the rats myself, so it looks like I may be building a Co2 chamber soon if thats what she wants lol.

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Originally Posted by mischevious21

One of my girls had been off feed since Christmas, and I finally got her to eat today by leaving a pre killed in with her.. I had tried everything else and don't like having to kill the rats myself, so it looks like I may be building a Co2 chamber soon if thats what she wants lol.

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I tried leaving the F/T in with her overnight, too. It was still in there the next morning. :(


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He looks chubby. Sometimes they just dont want it....Eventually he´ll eat. When some of mine stops eating I keep offering F/T once a week.

How much does she weigh? She might have just hit the "wall" that happens around 800-1000g. My bf and I have a 800g normal that was pretty much on a food strike when we got her in September. We tried to offer every week then eventually every two weeks. She just got off strike early February. She lost 90g in that time frame too.

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. She is probably just being a rebellious teenager :P

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Originally Posted by Orenshi

How much does she weigh? She might have just hit the "wall" that happens around 800-1000g. My bf and I have a 800g normal that was pretty much on a food strike when we got her in September. We tried to offer every week then eventually every two weeks. She just got off strike early February. She lost 90g in that time frame too.

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. She is probably just being a rebellious teenager :P

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She weighs 1100g, so maybe that is the issue. Thanks! I will keep offering her food... I just wish she would eat already! lol

1000 gram wall or try giving an appropriate sized hide. Do you pre-scent at all? If I left a rat in the same room as the snakes for 10 minutes they'd all be in strike position with just their head poking out of the hide. That's what I look for to tell me it's feeding time.

GL