Amazon Tree Boa feeding help

[sabertooth_chris]

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

[KMG]

How are you warming the prey?

[sabertooth_chris]

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

[KMG]

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.

[sabertooth_chris]

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

[TreeBoaGuy]

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.

[enoreg]

sorry didn't see post date.

[PassionFruitReptiles]

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.

[AKA Dave]

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

[KMG]

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.