Have You Heard of Doing This To Problem Feeders?

[Rogue628]

I went to a local mom and pop pet store earlier to buy a live feeder for our new rainbow and was talking to the lady that runs the shop. We were talking about problem feeders (since my burm can be a problem). She told me a guy who buys feeders from her says a trick he uses on snakes that don't want to eat is to put a couple of drops of chicken broth on the feeder's head. He says they take it everytime. I haven't heard of this before. Have any of you? If so, how do you do it (warm broth...live or f/t feeders, etc), what snakes have you used it on, and what kind of results have you gotten?

[sho220]

Heard of it before but never tried it...

[smd58]

Same here, heard of it but never tryed it.

[FalconPunch]

Sounds interesting, but I've never had a snake that I couldn't get to eat.

Even all the balls I've worked with are immediate eaters, every time I offer a meal, live or dead.

[adamjeffery]

works with snakes that eat birds, supposedly. ive tried tuna juice and that didnt work.
i did have a king that ws fussy and anole shed stuck to the pink did work.
i must say the thing that works the best with babies for me is security, quietness, and dont bother them so much with food offers. if your trying every other day you will stress them out.
offer once a week to ten days. try a diff size, with or without hair, go bigger and more active. try less active it takes all sort of tricks. make sure your husbandry is 100% right and 99% of teh time they will eat on their own.
ive had a few i had to assist feed. watch a video on youtube(im sure there is one) after a few meals they usually eat on their own.
i personally dont wait until its a last ditch effort like some suggest. i do it when all else has failed but before its a life or death situation
adam jeffery