Quote Originally Posted by bad-one View Post
Congrats!

My male normal went fasting for several months once (used to be the worst feeder, got pretty thin too) and I did the exact same thing, sticking the rodent in his mouth and he would bite down and eat it.

After a few feedings like this he became very food aggressive. Of course using this method earned me my first and only bite. After this I didn't have any more problems though and now he feeds like a beast. lol


I hope your lil one decides to eat on his own!
Don't you just HATE it when a snake just doesn't want to eat? I've had this problem once with my Dumeril's boa I used to have when I first got her--she refused for two months, and only accepted live for 5-6 months until she could eat whatever.

The really cool thing was, my Spider didn't nip me or anything when I was handling him and getting his head into place so I could put the rodent in his mouth.. my hands were completely scented with rodent all over them. I used to feed my snakes in tubs (the Ball pythons) and after feeling if the rodents were alright to feed, I wouldn't wash my hands afterwards I would just go in and get the snakes. Can't believe I didn't get bitten the entire time, but now I'm more smart about it but tend to forget sometimes