Switching girl to F/T from live?

[GpBp]

Eep you have to watch it?? Just kidding, I'm fine with that I'll read that, thanks!

[GpBp]

What if she's eating live, and doesn't take it..? With f/t you can just throw it away, but with live... Do you like, care for it till the next week?? Return it??

[oodaT]

I actually just fed mine, downing it now. She was on live from the breeder, have F/T on hand so i hit it with the hair dryer for about a minute after it thawed, stuck it in with the tong's and she pounded it like was nothing(little zombie dance).

[oodaT]

and she just pounded a 2nd F/T(only had hoppers, need to move up in size)

[GpBp]

What would you do if she didn't take the live..? And yay! I'm glad your lil girl is eating f/t good oodaT!

[Joci]

Do you have your old stuff from when you kept mice? Idk what other people do with rejected live feeders, but if it were me, I would just care for it until I tried feeding it again. (Or it would end up as my pet.. oops )

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Easy is you do it right my converting rate with BP is 100% when they are hatchlings. Usually 80 to 90% success withing the first 3 attempts.

The younger they are the easier it is

Thaw at room temps near the enclosure, warm up with a hair dryer concentrating on the head, hold the prey from behind the neck not the tail and move it around the cage as if it was alive.

If it does not work the first time around, skip a week before offering food again, than buy 2 preys smaller than the one you usually feed 1 live on f/t, feed the live one first and soon as it's down offer the f/t (thaw the f/t like previously explained)

[GpBp]

I don't think I could do that.. for 1, I don't have my gerbil stuff anymore. And, 2, I'd get too attached to it, and end up having a colony of rejected feeder rats because I couldn't bring myself to feed them to her after I bonded with them

[GpBp]

Easy is you do it right my converting rate with BP is 100% when they are hatchlings. Usually 80 to 90% success withing the first 3 attempts.

The younger they are the easier it is

Thaw at room temps near the enclosure, warm up with a hair dryer concentrating on the head, hold the prey from behind the neck not the tail and move it around the cage as if it was alive.

If it does not work the first time around, skip a week before offering food again, than buy 2 preys smaller than the one you usually feed 1 live on f/t, feed the live one first and soon as it's down offer the f/t (thaw the f/t like previously explained)

Thank you!! And "The younger they are the easier it is", good thing she's 2 months old ! I'll do this, thank you for the helpful advice Deborah!!

[Ashleigh91]

Thank you!! And "The younger they are the easier it is", good thing she's 2 months old ! I'll do this, thank you for the helpful advice Deborah!!

Have you contacted the breeder yet? The breeder I just got my hatchlings from feeds his collection live, but he was more than happy to switch the snake over to f/t for me once I had put down my deposit.

Something to consider.

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