Quote Originally Posted by brobertson View Post
Wow! Long post! First of all, I would recommend trying to feed inside the enclosure with Kenyans. Pre-scent the room (make sure the prey items are thawing where the snake can smell it) warm up the pink very well with a hair dryer, then use tongs and hover it just above the substrate. If you can pass it in the snakes field of view, chances are good that it will strike. Another technique that works well. Is leaving the snake in a deli cup overnight with the prey.

On a side note, I would recommend using aspen bedding instead of sand. It holds their burrows much better, and sometimes a small husbandry change is all a snake needs to eat. Lastly, what are your cage temps?

Best of luck!
Benek
I have tried deli cups for several hours, paper bag inside enclosure over night, dangling in front of face in enclosure, holding upside down with head oriented towards the head of the pinky, all brained f/t pinkies. I haven't tried live pinkies, which I may do soon, just to get them to eat again. I don't want to starve them trying to get them to eat f/t...

Since your post, I have changed them to aspen bedding, as that is, in fact, what the breeder had them on before I obtained them. My male Kenyan is on reptical sand (and is eating just fine) so I had them on it as well. You know, plus, they are called SAND boas, so I figured sand substrate was best. Anyway, I'll see if that change does anything for them...

As for pre-scenting the room.. I can't really do much besides what it smells like when things are thawing/brained.. I mean, it's all set up in my living room. Which is next to the kitchen. It's all kinda one big thing. And besides that, I thought Kenyans liked lizard scent better than rodent scent?