We already asked the breeder how he pre-scents and we've been doing it the same way, his only advice was to try live to try and kick them back into the feeding response, and that didn't work either.Originally Posted by dr del
Hi,
Is it possible you are offering or pre-scenting in a different way to the breeder?
It might be worth asking him to run through his feeding and food prep routine with you one more time to see if anything jumps out.
Also what is the actual cold end temp - if he was heating the room to a higher level that might be enough of a difference.
Are you handling them more than the breeder was?
It might also be worth trying the substrate change if nothing else makes sense.
dr del
Cold end temp is about 75-78, which is close to what he keeps it at, he said it shouldn't cause this.
Maybe the substrate is the problem, however it's expensive and hard to come by in this area. However, we were talking about it, and seeing where we can get it.
We haven't handled them at all, except for cleaning, when you have so many snakes you don't really get to hold them much anyway, but we make it a habit not to handle snakes that haven't taken meals with us.
@Justin Li: We tried the tuna once, and they seem less interested than just a normal rat. Doesn't seem to recognize it as food.
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