Feeding Question..

[Jeo123]

I would prefer myself for her to eat in a feeding box, I tried but she won't take the food... so how do you think I can solve that problem..? Keep on trying?

Well, here's my process:

1. Take the mouse from the freezer and put it in a cup of the hottest water from the tap
2. After about 15-30 minutes, I put it on on a plastic chinese food lid and put that under the heat lamp to get it to normal body temperature.
3. While the mouse is under the heat lamp, I get my snake out of her tank and into the box to let her settle down a bit. She usually goes around sticking her tongue out a bit while this is going on.
4. I grab the mouse with a pair of tongs by the back legs/hips( basically the body, not the tail) and hold it about 3-6 inches from her slightly in the air. She'll strike at the mouse directly in the tongs.

A couple things about the last step. I grab by the back of the body instead of the tail because it let's me hold the mouse horizontal instead of straight up and down.

I hold it in the air because it seems to get her attention more when things are moving above her(when not feeding moving my hand over her typically causes a defensive curl while moving my hand in front of her does nothing)

Finally, I don't just leave it in with her because she seems to lose interest sooner if it's not moving.


Hope that helps