1 out of 3 ate their first F/T weanling...

[alohareptiles]

Well, I thought I'd place an order for some F/T's from Edna and The Mouse Factory...Great customer service, extremely friendly and very nice F/T rats...

Well, tonight I tried...Did the ziplock in hot water and then blow dry the head...Used some tongs and put the weaning in with my Mojo and BANG!!! Took it...I was like SWEET...Thought "piece of cake"...Spoke too soon!!!

Got another did the same process and no matter how long I did the zombie dance or what type of zombie dance I did...The other two wouldn't bite...I tried slow zombie'ing, break zombie'ing, almost thought about putting a pole in my cage to do some dirty zombie'ing...I know I probably added to their not taking it by all the activity, but I was calmer than my explanation...

All said and done, at least one eats the F/T tonight...We'll see what happens the next feeding time...And a couple weeks down the road I'll try them again with the others...

[joshn6805]

congrats on the mojo eating!! just be paitient they will come around with time. and good luck.

[Slim]

P&P, heat is the key. I would bet that the rodents were cooling down the whole time you were dancing with the stars.

Try blasting them with a hair dryer right before you present them to each snake.

[ScottyDsntKnow]

I keep them in the hot water in double baggies so they stay dry right up until the minute I "serve" them to my girl. They're still nice and toasty and she comes flying out of her hide like a freight train every time. I actually get startled half the time lol.

[alohareptiles]

Good point...All the dancing could've cooled off the little guys...I'll try again tonight and heat them up like they were Lawrence Taylor on Dancing with the Stars...

Side Question: Are there any chain stores that sell hemostats? The tongs I'm using are kinda clunky...

[bobbi]

i found some pretty long feeding tongs at petsmart, but im in canada so i dunno if you can get them in the states...

they are supposed to be for feeding other critters but they work great! they even have little grips at the ends so you dont accidently drop the mouse wile "zombie dancing"

[ScottyDsntKnow]

Unsure, my set of tongs is just a plastic doohicky from petsmart. They work fine for what I need them to. You can always order a good set online.

[alohareptiles]

Thanks...I'll swing by PetSmart and see what they have until I can order a hemostat online...

[alohareptiles]

DANG IT!!!!

Well, I tried again...Major blast from the hair drier, all thawed and no go from the two that wouldn't eat last night...

On the good side...I thought, hey I'll warm it up again and see if the Mojo will eat another weanling...Blast from the hair dryer and BANG!!! Snatched up another F/T weaning...

So 0 for 2 on two BP's that wouldn't eat last night and 2 for 2 on my Mojo Leilani...

Any suggestions??? I thought about trying every day and when they're hungry, they might eat? Or should I feed them live a couple of times and then try F/T again?

[joshn6805]

Have you tried pre scenting the room. try this: the night before the feeding move the mice from the freezer to the refrigerator, then the next day the mice should be a little thawed out. next take the mice out on the day of feeding in the morning and put them on a paper plate in the same room as the snakes. leave them there all day to defrost and scent the room up real good. then about 5 that afternoon come in and give them a good blast with the hairdryer, id say about 3 minutes. then present the mouse to the snake and see what happens. sometime pre scenting is the key to get there mouth watering.