First off Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope you had a great holiday. I wish the weather was warmer and maybe I could of got some snakes for Christmas.
Okay to the issue...
I bought a Firefly a little over 2 months ago and the breeder was feeding him live Mice. Well once I got him all situated I started to feed him F/T Rat Fuzzies. He ate them without issue and the switch from live to F/T was effortless. About 3 weeks ago he refused his meal. He struck at it a few times but wouldn't take it. I even left it inside his tub for a few hours to see if that would do the trick. So a few days after that I tried again and he still wouldn't take it.
After the third time of him refusing I went out and bought a F/T Adult Mouse and he took it within seconds of me dangling it in front of his hide. Just today I tried a Rat Fuzzie again and he wouldn't take it. So after giving that Fuzzie to another snake I went down and thawed out another Mouse. He took it from me again without hesitation.
So yeah... I'm not really sure what I'm getting at here but has anyone else ever had this issue? Do you have any advice on getting him back onto Rats. All my BP's eat F/T Rats and I would really like to get him back onto Rats ASAP if it's possible. Next week I'm going to try thawing a Mouse and a Rat out in the same cup and see if he will take the Rat if it's scented with a Mouse. Besides that does anyone have any tips on getting him back onto Rats?
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