To my great surprise and joy, she ate the frozen rat that was too big for all my BPs.Originally Posted by Evenstar
Congrats!! She is lovely! Good for you for giving her the home she deserves. She'll come around in no time. Considering she's 7 years old and hasn't been handled much, the fact that she allows you to handle her at all is a testamony to a Dumeril's wonderful temperament and hers in particular!
Considering how stressed she must feel, I wasn't going to try and feed her for a while but the guy said she'd refused food last week and she was acting interested so I figured what the heck.
She doesn't eat like the BPs do.
There's no Zombie Dance involved at all...she didn't like that a bit.
So, I just laid it down and she slithered over, put her mouth over its head, started sucking it in and then coiled it to "kill it".
She stayed coiled around it the whole time she was eating which actually made it very easy for her to keep it in a perfect position for easy swallowing.
She slurped it down like a fat-rat-noodle.
Amazing what a bit of heat in your home can do for your appetite, isn't it?
I'm very relieved to have her eating.
I always worry about my new snakes until I know they're good feeders.
Call me silly but I feel a bit weepy, knowing she's sleeping soundly now, all warm and full-bellied.
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