I left them sitting out :\

[Pezz]

I generally go with a 4 hour rule. Sometimes i need to leave the rat (F/T of course, never leave live rodents unattended) in my spider royals enclosure and walk away for an hour or so. I take it out if it's been 4 hours and he hasn't eaten.

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[Joci]

[QUOTE=Sauzo;2564277]Lol i hear ya. People say reptiles are cheap...they lied.[QUOTE]

Heck yea they did. I got my first ball python in August, I don't want to think about how much money I've spent since then..

I too, am in need of a job lol

[Godzilla78]

In my experience the snake either eats right away (within seconds or a few minutes) or refuses the food. I have never left a rodent for long and had the snake eat hours later. It has always been now or never.

[OneEyedFox]

In my experience the snake either eats right away (within seconds or a few minutes) or refuses the food. I have never left a rodent for long and had the snake eat hours later. It has always been now or never.

The problem was that I had left out the other three mice. Like I fed him one from the box, and I forgot to put the others back in the fridge and had left them sitting out. But I have had him strike and wrap around a mouse and then just leave it alone for a bit and come back later.


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[OneEyedFox]

I generally go with a 4 hour rule. Sometimes i need to leave the rat (F/T of course, never leave live rodents unattended) in my spider royals enclosure and walk away for an hour or so. I take it out if it's been 4 hours and he hasn't eaten.

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I'll remember that!


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[Sauzo]

Thing is, leaving a F/T mouse in the cage overnight is fine. The part i wouldnt chance would be refreezing a thawed one and then thawing it again. Now if your BP would/could eat all of them, then them being left out a few hours and thawed is not an issue and like i said, even leaving them overnight in the cage is not an issue.

I've left F/T rats in my BPs cage for hours and if she didnt eat it, i would feed it to one of my boas. I have gotten less tolerant of picky eaters so if they dont take it within 30 secs or less, i just lay it on a sheet of printer paper and check back in a few hours lol. I've been spoiled with boas and my retic as they all eat the second the cage door is slid open.