Male took the f/t rat then dropped it 3 times

So basically my male fire is a rescue snake and the person i got him from was feeding him only day old chicks, three years later and after offering him a rat every feed he finally took!

i was so happy until he dropped the rat, i went to take it out he struck again and dropped it again, so i left it in there and nothing.

Any ideas?

If it eats chicks fine try scenting the rat with a chick.

i have been i don't understand why he drops the rat and leaves it after striking and coiling it.

When he strikes does he coil it? When he strikes continue to hold it with the tongs and kinda pull and twitch it as if it was alive. This may get a better response. I do this sometimes to get a snake into eating.

ye he like full on coils it for a few minutes, as if he's waiting until it's dead then he just leaves it.

Maybe try a mouse or smaller rat. My brb would act similar when I was offering medium rats, he refused them often. Then one day I offered a small rat and he hammered it. Now he eats a couple each feeding. I dont know what it is but he eats smalls so that is what he gets. The medium were not to large as he is 6ft and around 1900 grams but he only rarely ate them. Some snakes are just strange.

That or try live

ye i'm ordering some new food tonight so will get some smaller rats, and i would try live feed but it's illegal in the uk.

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Originally Posted by KingKuma

ye i'm ordering some new food tonight so will get some smaller rats, and i would try live feed but it's illegal in the uk.

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Illegal!?! Wow, why!?!

Who enforces that? Lol!

good point actually it isn't inforced strictly, although i have no idea where to purchase life mice for feeding other than pet stores, i guess i could say the rat's going to a better place for hugs and kisses.

Officer, I don't know what happened!

My snakes and rats always got along before.

No one was more surprised than I when my snake murdered my rat.

hahaahahahah

It's not illegal unless its for entertainment purposes that you're feeding it live.
It is highly frowned upon tho so if you ask for a rat or mouse just say you are looking for a pet

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Originally Posted by Crazymonkee

It's not illegal unless its for entertainment purposes that you're feeding it live.
It is highly frowned upon tho so if you ask for a rat or mouse just say you are looking for a pet

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They might get suspicious if you have to buy a new pet rat each week.

Although I have read on the forum where members in the US were refused rats at pet stores because they were to be pet rats. I know people do keep them as pets but a snake has to eat.

I had a pet cow as a kid. I'm glad I don't follow their thinking.

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Originally Posted by KMG

They might get suspicious if you have to buy a new pet rat each week.

Although I have read on the forum where members in the US were refused rats at pet stores because they were to be pet rats. I know people do keep them as pets but a snake has to eat.

I had a pet cow as a kid. I'm glad I don't follow their thinking.

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Yeh I hear ya on that, it would look suspicious. I would just walk in and ask for a rat... honestly I shouldn't be questioned why I want to buy it...
Don't understand how ya can buy a snake and not be able to buy the proper food.

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I've talked to several pet stores around my local area. One of the petsmarts, the employees got freaked out and told me the frozen rats were in the freezer. Another Petsmart I was told that they put a medicine on the rats for fleas that would kill a snake. And Petco didn't care either way, just prefer to give the albinos as feeders and keep the colored to sell as pets.

As for your problem I don't have anything else to add. I had luck getting my ball pythons to swap from asf rats to regular rats by using live smaller rats. Good luck!