Snake eating F/T!

[Quacking-Terror]

I tried once in the past to get Gene to eat F/T, but it was horribly unsuccessful. He just looked at it like I look at asparagus. It wasn't food, it was some alien thing sent from the depths of Hell to torment him and stink up his otherwise pleasant day. However, this time I bought a couple frozen small rats from PetSmart and decided to try again. Keep in mind that a small rat is bigger than anything he's had before. I thawed the rat in the room with him, and then I warmed up some chicken broth and let it sit in that for about five minutes. I don't have feeding tongs so I held the rat by the tail and danced it around his cage for a few minutes.

He watched, tongue flickering wildly, then hovered, then curled into the classic 'S' shape we know so well. A few moments later, he struck! This was PROGRESS! He'd never done this before. So we promptly evacuated the bedroom and left him alone. Five minutes or so later, I looked and the rat was gone! Woo! My only worry is that he won't eat another one, so I'm going to wait two weeks before feeding him again.

[SlitherinSisters]

Sweet! If he took this one I don't see why he wouldn't eat another one next week. I have heard about the chicken broth trick, but have never tried it. Maybe I'll try it the next time I have a tough feeder. Also, if you didn't do it the first time, if he's not interested in the f/t prey you can leave it in the tub/tank all night. Some of mine won't eat f/t until several hours later. The only thing that sucks about doing that is that if your snake doesn't eat it, you have to throw it away

[Quacking-Terror]

I am just thrilled about him eating F/T. It will save me so much money and time. I live in Indy, and Hoosier Mouse Supply has GREAT prices on frozen rodents. I'm going to give them a call when I get paid and order a good amount of small/medium frozen rats. Their live rodents are extremely high quality so I have zero doubts about their frozen supply. They will also ship f/t via UPS ground, and while I'm not sure how much that'll cost, it will be worth it.

[BuckeyeBalls]

Plan to spend $50 or so on shipping.

[Quacking-Terror]

Thanks Mike. I don't live too far away from their location so it might be cheaper to drive out there and pick up the order

[BuckeyeBalls]

Thanks Mike. I don't live too far away from their location so it might be cheaper to drive out there and pick up the order

Yea thats a ballpark price range. Could be more, could be less depends how many u order and how many boxes it fits into.

Rodentpro is about $35 to ship it to me.