Well, I avoided a bullet last night. I went to feed my ball and lately as you may know, I have been feeding him live african soft furred rats. So last night I decided to give the rat colony a break and use a frozen rat pup. Well, Stryker seemed interested but wouldn't go for it. I have lost my tongs so I tried using my hand but then I changed my mind...for one, I didn't want to get bitten by mistake and for 2, my hand was distracting the snake. So what to do? Well, as risky as this may sound I used dental floss. I loosely tied it around one of the rat's legs and dropped it in. Stryker smelled it but seemed uninterested.....Had I imprinted him onto ASF rats for good? I was kicking myself when I got an idea. I went to the asf rat cage and gently plucked some fur from one of the young rats. I sprinkled it onto the head of the dethawed rat. I did a small prayer and dropped my marionette into the cage. Stryker smelled it and the fur did the trick. He wrapped it, swallowed it butt first, and now he is lounging around without a care in the world and a full belly....'this is where I mention that when He struck I pulled the floss off so he wouldn't swallow it.

That was a close one...phew. I am trying to let my rats get bigger before feeding them off so the next few feedings will be f/t.....
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