Fangs eating habit

[KrazyKevin]

The last time fang ate a live mouse was right before I treated him for mites in late Jan. Well since then he will not go near or acts scared of live mice. He got hurt the last time he did. So I had to pre-kill the mice since then, I have tried to let him go after the live but he just stays away from them. Do you think it is possible that he prefers pre-killed over live now.

[Slim]

I'm not sure he's showing a preference so much as he's reacting to the stress of having a live mouse near him.

If he's eating P/K, I would just go with that and be thankful that's he's eating.

If you feel you need to feed live, wait until he's bigger to try it again.

[Don]

Slim hit the nail on the head. I've got a baby that is afraid of live food, so I fed that one f/t or prekilled. After a month or so of that, it started taking live, just smaller rats than normal. It is not unusual at all. BPs can be skittish especially when they are little.

[KrazyKevin]

Thanks guys I will try when he gets bigger I don't mind it so much but I hate killing animals myself and The one thing I will take from this is I am going to try f/t again as before he wouldn't take it when I first got him he now may have changed his mind.