Strike... coil... drop.

[Big Gunns]

A lot of snakes will do this because they want one thing....LIVE. If you try live BG bets the snake will eat it. For some reason they do exactly what your snake is doing, but when given a live rodent.....GULP. You might wanna try live for a while to get it eating and then switch back.

[Mettle]

Why would it eat fine for the breeder, stop eating for me, and then eat for my friend, and stop eating for me again. Dang it. It hates me.

I'm really, really confused...

Oh. And I did actually try a live mouse about 4 weeks ago with her. My emerald tree boa only eats live (has only ever eaten live) but she was in shed so I needed another candidate. SO. Tried the live mouse with this female het clown. The female barely acknowledge it. Then the mouse tried to sleep snuggled in her coils.

Stupid snake.

[Big Gunns]

Why would it eat fine for the breeder, stop eating for me, and then eat for my friend, and stop eating for me again. Dang it. It hates me.

I'm really, really confused...

Oh. And I did actually try a live mouse about 4 weeks ago with her. My emerald tree boa only eats live (has only ever eaten live) but she was in shed so I needed another candidate. SO. Tried the live mouse with this female het clown. The female barely acknowledge it. Then the mouse tried to sleep snuggled in her coils.

Stupid snake.

Try again.

[mpkeelee]

Try again.

try again after that. if not ill give u 150 bucks for it

[Bruce Whitehead]

I thought of something else Stephan...

A few of my girls get fed on feeding day #2, which is the day after feeding day basically for that reason. I feed all the snakes, let them eat, then the next day I feed the few that tend to drop and/or holdout.

Bruce

[iCandiBallPythons]

I thought of something else Stephan...

A few of my girls get fed on feeding day #2, which is the day after feeding day basically for that reason. I feed all the snakes, let them eat, then the next day I feed the few that tend to drop and/or holdout.

Bruce

I have found success in the past with this also.

[Shadrach]

You can never really understand Balls I've had some be on rats and refuse rats only to eat mice a few times and then go back to rats. I've had some eating f/t to refuse that and only want live. I've had some only eat in plastic tubs and others only eat in their enclosure. I've got an 09' Albino that eats like a pig as long as I hold his neck and touch his nose with the mouse he opens and I stick the head in and he bites and coils but leaving a dead mouse or rat, or live mouse or rat with him does nothing.

Throw him a live mouse I bet he'll eat it, then try a rat next time.

[Mettle]

I thought of something else Stephan...

A few of my girls get fed on feeding day #2, which is the day after feeding day basically for that reason. I feed all the snakes, let them eat, then the next day I feed the few that tend to drop and/or holdout.

Bruce

Why would this work? I'm confused.

[Bruce Whitehead]

Keeps them in feed mode for 2 days... best as I can figure.

They get excited on the first day and nothing happens, so second day they are that much more focused and actually follow through.

Like I said with Olive she gets very excited, hits her rat, then drops it and mosies around. Will hit 2 or 3 and drop all of them if given the chance, but never eat them.

If I do not feed her on feeding day, but feed the rest and then leave, the next day she almost always hits and starts swallowing while still constricting.

Just seems to be based on the level of excitement? I used to offer on day one and then again on day two, but now I only offer to her on day two. I have about 4 adult females that get fed on a different day. Same with any that show lots of excitement on day one but do not eat, or strike, they get offered again the next day (almost always get a hit and a swallow on day two).

Bruce

PS: Could also be that an extended feed response helps build hunger?

PPS: I also use this method for any snake that is feeding live and I am trying to switch over to FT.