Interesting Vibrations...

[iVoodoo]

This is sort of a cool thing, we all know how sensitive our BP's are sensitive to vibrations and of course just how picky they can be eating well I have discovered this new way of feeding that works for me.

First off my fat lazy 3yr old female "Morphine" is one lazy beast she will nto even bother striking a FT mouse at all its like a cat falling asleep in its food dish! So saying she is lazy and docile is accurate! Now my girl will not even eat Rats at all, ive tried and tried over the years and no chance I think it is the scent, so trying to find big enough adult jumbo mice is a task as well.

So over the last year or so creating movement from hemostats to dangle the Mouse or move it anythign to catch the attention no deal she prefers it dropped by her one hide sticks her head out and eats, what I have discovered i drop on the over side of the enclosure which is about 38 inches long and I just tap twice with my finger underneath by the UTH and *WHAM!!! she strikes it everytime for supper. we know they are quite deaf but a great sensitivty to vibrations and it gets her fed everytime now

Just thought I would share this method with all, i was surprised when it happened and my girl only eats about once every two weeks and has about a two month fast from December till end of Jan in the cold months living here in Vancouver.

[2kdime]

Hallelujah

Though I think this is just a fluke

[Ham]

My female ball refuses rats as well, she get pissed at the smell I think, she will always turn away from a rat if i dangle it near her...

So you think I should try tapping the underside of the tank to get her interested in the rat?

[2kdime]

No

Here's a good method

Just pick up a rat from your local store and throw it in the container they give you.

Then throw in a handful of MOUSE bedding from the store and seal it up.

Get home and feed it off

Doesnt take much to get animals switched over to rats IMO

My female ball refuses rats as well, she get pissed at the smell I think, she will always turn away from a rat if i dangle it near her...

So you think I should try tapping the underside of the tank to get her interested in the rat?

[Tikall]

My corn snake is dumb as rocks and often I have to tap at the prey from underneath to remind him where it is. Sometimes my balls will get lost between the newspaper, too, so I just tap from underneath. They'll find it eventually if I leave them alone, but they really zero in on it if I tap where the prey is. I don't think there's anything unusual about this, though, since it's like the prey taking steps. They're pretty much built to do this I thought. Tapping certainly gets them interested. Glad to hear it worked for you.

[iVoodoo]

Ive tried the trickery of the Rat in the container with mouse beddings or shavings not a chance! LOL it takes a look and says FU nopt that simple Mr. Owner and goes back to it's hide.

[Ham]

No

Here's a good method

Just pick up a rat from your local store and throw it in the container they give you.

Then throw in a handful of MOUSE bedding from the store and seal it up.

Get home and feed it off

Doesnt take much to get animals switched over to rats IMO

I have tried this exact method a number of times with no success, she will literally only feed on mice, lol, its terrible...

I have recently considered taking a mouse carcass and skinning it and sowing the mouse skin over the rat corpse using cotton string...

The King Cobra at the shelter I work with will only eat snakes in the wild, so the way we get him to feed in captivity is by taking 6 rats and sowing them ass end to face into a vague snake shape and then take some snake skin and sow that onto the meat puppet, he will refuse food unless we do this, lol...

(apparently the cotton string can be digested and passed similar to rodent fur)