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Breaking a Mouser
Our BP, like many BPs, had a nice healthy upbringing. She started on small mice and before long was taking down weaned rats and small rats. And then we started feeding her a small rat and a mouse. It seemed like the next logical step. She had never refused a rat before. It quickly turned into feeding the mouse first, and then the rat. And now it seems like all she wants are mice.
She will eat f/t and/or pre-killed. So we're not going to try anything living because I don't want that undone too.
It has only been 2 weeks since she last ate (harder for me than her I'm sure), which was the primer mouse, she refused the rat that followed.
Today I offered her a prekilled rat that had been living in a mouse bin. The pet shop assured me the rat had plenty of mouse smell. She was curious about the rat-mouse, but has refused this just now. It is now chilling in the freezer for next time.
As a note, I have tried the zombie dance and just leaving it in there. It seems that if she really wants it, she'll hit like a Mack truck. I have seen her investigate the f/t for 20 min and then just kinda swallow it. No striking or coiling. She's always struck the mice, and usually kinda just ate the rats, unless primed by a mouse.
She has given the signs of hunger such as looking around (periscoping) when the other snakes get fed, and pacing the cage in the evenings.
1. How long, at the minimum, should I wait before next feeding?
2. What are some other techniques to break a mouser. What has worked for you?
I'll welcome any other advice as well.
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