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Trick to get them to eat!
Get the rat good n hot with a blow dryer
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
 Originally Posted by mckaax
Get the rat good n hot with a blow dryer
I prefer to let them soak in a nice marinade in the fridge overnight, and then pop 'em in the oven for a quick bake.
Or just feed live I don't miss trying to feed F/T at all.
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
The best thing that has worked for me, especially when switching from live to F/T is to get the snake all excited by putting a live rodent into the tub with them, and then when the snake isnt looking sneak a F/T into the tub and walk it right up to the snakes face...has worked for me everytime!!
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
Originally Posted by Powerspythons
The best thing that has worked for me, especially when switching from live to F/T is to get the snake all excited by putting a live rodent into the tub with them, and then when the snake isnt looking sneak a F/T into the tub and walk it right up to the snakes face...has worked for me everytime!!
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After the baby is a well established feeder I will skip a week or two feeding.. then I will pre-scent the room and warm the prey up with a hair dryer.. 9:10 this is enough to get them to feed. The ones that have just awesome feeding responses will normally just take a nice warm rat no issues..
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
Originally Posted by Powerspythons
The best thing that has worked for me, especially when switching from live to F/T is to get the snake all excited by putting a live rodent into the tub with them, and then when the snake isnt looking sneak a F/T into the tub and walk it right up to the snakes face...has worked for me everytime!!
 I'll stick with live, my snakes especially the female, are usually waiting to strike as soon as I open the tub, the whole bait & switch won't work for me
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
Just wait it out.
All of ours take F/T no problem, if they don't, they eventually do.
The only stubborn feeders we've had....refused a live treat. So we stuck with f/t, eventually they got hungry and ate.
No need to go through any hassle at all, just heat (water), dry, feed. Easier than keeping live food IMHO.
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Re: Trick to get them to eat!
I let mine defrost and then make it warm by holding it in my hand to get some heat in it.
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The hair drier has worked wonders for me.
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