As posted elsewhere, my husband has a BP who spent her first 40-some-odd days with us not eating, until I offered her a live mouse.

We're thinking she isn't likely to make the switch to f/t given trials so far. PetCo is on the way home for me but . . . PetCo. There's is an independent store not too far away that I'm inclined to trust, but it isn't in a direction we often go. So Saturday morning we went to that store, got a half-dozen mice, and set them up in a 20-gallon long tank:



Of course they decided to all go try out the hide when I thought of taking pictures. And here's a close-up of the tank label, to help us remember they are food, not pets:



I didn't realize, though, that we were setting up an entertainment center for the dogs. This was taken while we were setting up and the mice were in a temporary holding cell.



I think the black and white dog whined this morning when the mice went into hiding.

The store couldn't guarantee the mice were all the same sex when I asked for them, so hopefully we haven't created a breeding colony. With only one snake insisting on live, that would be a bit much. . We debated rats vs. mice, and decided to stay with mice until we have Kiyo into a good eating routine and growing (she's about a year old, 240 grams), then we'll see about making the transition to rats.


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