I have a little feeding tip for those who use either glass tanks, or less opaque r-maids; it seemed like sometimes I was getting odd feeding refusals. My snake would constrict, then seem to ignore the prey after letting go.. I figured it out... they sometimes get distracted by outside motion. So, I put the rat in, watch them constrict, make sure no rat teeth are where they can bite the snake; then I put the lid back on the cage and cover it with a large, heavy blanket until the snake has swallowed. Reason being, it seems like if something walks by (the cat, my boyfriend, or me) it seems to distract the snake from eating; it will turn away from the prey and toward the motion. But with the blanket over them, they have a nice, dark feeding areaI peek in, in about 10 minutes after constriction, and the prey is gone.
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