Just curious….

[TacoSupreme]

Been noticing my bps aim being off when I feed her. Anything to be worried about or am I doing something wrong? Thanks for the help.

[KMG]

Give it a warm target and hold it close to their face, couple inches off.

[Luvyna]

Try warming up the prey more - if you want to be really precise, it's also ideal to warm up the head more than the body.

My method for optimally heating rats is the following:

- Submerge the F/T rodent in the hottest water that will come out of the tap for 10 mins
- After 10 mins, change the water, and keep the rodent submerged for another 10 mins
- Add fresh warm water and remove the bottom half of the rodent's body from the water while keeping the head submerged for another minute or so
- Offer the rodent to the BP

This usually heats up rats nicely all the way through and also makes the rodent's head the warmest part of the body so the BP will aim for that and have an easier time swallowing the prey.

[TacoSupreme]

See I’ve been submerging them in the super hot water for about 15 minutes and then feeding. My smaller bp has no troubles(probably cause he’s just having small mice) and my bigger snake is on rat pups. Maybe they heat levels I’m getting in them just aren’t up to scratch. I’ll focus on getting a warmer head

[Bogertophis]

Or sometimes they deliberately miss, if they're a little afraid, snakes may do a "test strike". (like after you go up to the next size or from mice to rats).

[bcr229]

Or sometimes they get so excited that they miss. As long as they don't blow by the feeder and grab themselves or your hand it's all good.

[Snagrio]

Or sometimes they get so excited that they miss. As long as they don't blow by the feeder and grab themselves or your hand it's all good.

This is a constant worry with mine and I even feed with tongs. He's perfectly healthy, not a wobble morph or anything, prey is always blown with a hairdryer after thawing so it's perfectly "visible" to him, but his aim is just THAT bad that he'll often shoot right past the target multiple times despite it being right in front of his face. Nature's perfect predator my foot.

[Zincubus]

See I’ve been submerging them in the super hot water for about 15 minutes and then feeding. My smaller bp has no troubles(probably cause he’s just having small mice) and my bigger snake is on rat pups. Maybe they heat levels I’m getting in them just aren’t up to scratch. I’ll focus on getting a warmer head

Why use hot water which washes away the natural odour of the mouse /rat ??

Best to warm the rodent head up with a hairdryer plugged in next to the viv


Remember to feed evenings .. in very low / dim light

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[Bogertophis]

I'll add that some snakes just have poor eyesight from the start- much like humans, I suppose. It has always been obvious that one of my corn snakes (an amelanistic one) has poor vision- his feeding response is quite good, but his aim? Well, if practice was going to improve it, it should have happened by now- as he's 14 years old. It's not about scent or temperature or fear or even shyness with him- & I don't think it's likely to be hyper-excitement for each & every meal. He just seems to see poorly. He wasn't one that I bred, so I don't know if genetics might have contributed to this, but it might have.

[Zincubus]

This is a constant worry with mine and I even feed with tongs. He's perfectly healthy, not a wobble morph or anything, prey is always blown with a hairdryer after thawing so it's perfectly "visible" to him, but his aim is just THAT bad that he'll often shoot right past the target multiple times despite it being right in front of his face. Nature's perfect predator my foot.

I have a Corn snake that ‘drop feeds’ and sometimes he’s lethal yet other times he slides over the mouse / rat a few times looking for it !!

What’s that all about !


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