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They said they breed her and what is braining pinkies. Ive tried to access that site and it keeps saying it is down. So after how long should i start to worry then
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How are you warming the prey?
KMG
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Im thawing them in a cup of warm water then after they are thawed i hold them under the heat lamp to warm them up
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Try refreshing the water with the hottest your tap can offer and let it sit in there for about 5 minutes. A huge part of presentation is heat. If the heat is to low some snakes will not go for it. A mouse body temp is around 100 so you need to present the prey as life like as possible.
I use this technique and two of my snakes sometimes require me to heat them a second time before striking. Some are just pickier than others.
Last edited by KMG; 05-27-2014 at 12:19 PM.
KMG
0.1 BP 1.1 Blood Python 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa 1.0 Aru Green Tree Python
0.1 Emerald Tree Boa 0.1 Dumeril Boa 0.1 Carpet Python 0.1 Central American Boa
0.1 Brooks Kingsnake 0.1 Speckled Kingsnake 1.0 Western Hognose
0.1 Blonde Madagascar Hognose 1.0 Columbian Boa
1.1 Olde English Bulldogge 1.0 Pit Bull
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Well i finally got her to eat it was amazing watching her strike and catch the lizard i put in there and she ate it but now comes the time to try and get her eating mice
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Same problem here, but it's fixed
My Amazon used to be like that. I assist fed mine after he refused live and F/T. After assist feeding his feeding was hit and miss. It was also a temperature problem for me. I keep the basking area at 90* and then I have a UTH as well going 24/7. That seemed to help a lot. After changing the temp he seems to do pretty good for feeding.
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sorry didn't see post date.
Last edited by enoreg; 05-26-2015 at 08:01 AM.
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I would not feed your ATB lizards at all, it will be nearly impossible for you to get her on rats/mice at that point, live or F/T.
I used to breed ATB, i promise that she won't starve herself to death (if she isn't ill), my snakes went 2-3 months without eating during the breeding season and they were fine.
I would look on your local Craigslist or Kijiji for live feeders, or buy a "pet" mouse from PetSmart without mentioning what it's for. ATB are pretty hard to switch over - Maybe try "braining" a freshly killed pinkie or fuzzy, basically what you do is crack open the skull of the mouse/rat then offer it to your snake.
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Re: Amazon Tree Boa feeding help
Originally Posted by sabertooth_chris
Yup ive been doing that to. My kingsnake eats them when i put them in a dish as does my milksnake. But my boa just doesnt seem interested in the thawed mouse as she does my fingers at the end of the tong
Now I am just getting back into the hobby so take what I am saying with a grain of salt. I am sure there are others here with more current info, but I don't think snake behavior has changed that much.
I used to own an emerald tree boa that did this. I was able to convert her to frozen/thawed but it took some work. I needed to "reheat" the mice under her basking light just prior to feeding. She went for my fingers a few times as well. I ended up putting on a glove, not because I was afraid of being bitten, but to mask my own heat signature. Once I did that and provided the mouse with a proper zombie dance she did fine.
Dave
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Re: Amazon Tree Boa feeding help
Originally Posted by AKA Dave
Now I am just getting back into the hobby so take what I am saying with a grain of salt. I am sure there are others here with more current info, but I don't think snake behavior has changed that much.
I used to own an emerald tree boa that did this. I was able to convert her to frozen/thawed but it took some work. I needed to "reheat" the mice under her basking light just prior to feeding. She went for my fingers a few times as well. I ended up putting on a glove, not because I was afraid of being bitten, but to mask my own heat signature. Once I did that and provided the mouse with a proper zombie dance she did fine.
Dave
The post you just quoted is over a year old.
KMG
0.1 BP 1.1 Blood Python 1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa 1.0 Aru Green Tree Python
0.1 Emerald Tree Boa 0.1 Dumeril Boa 0.1 Carpet Python 0.1 Central American Boa
0.1 Brooks Kingsnake 0.1 Speckled Kingsnake 1.0 Western Hognose
0.1 Blonde Madagascar Hognose 1.0 Columbian Boa
1.1 Olde English Bulldogge 1.0 Pit Bull
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