feeding issues -_-

[steve_r34]

feed her a live hopper put her in a shoe box then drop the hopper in she should take it quick and if thats what u already tried then i would wait a couple of days but if ur feeding her f/t she might not take it .. that small chances are the breeder was feeding live .. gotta get a couple of meals in her b4 u go f/t to get her feeding response up she probably only ate one time since he sold her ..

[bandicoot4]

feed her a live hopper put her in a shoe box then drop the hopper in she should take it quick and if thats what u already tried then i would wait a couple of days but if ur feeding her f/t she might not take it .. that small chances are the breeder was feeding live .. gotta get a couple of meals in her b4 u go f/t to get her feeding response up she probably only ate one time since he sold her ..

how difficult would it be to switch her over f/t after that tho ? and he said she was on pinky rats so thats what i was using for now

[steve_r34]

yea but he was probably feeding live pinkys to her .. if u can get a hold of live pk rats then do that .. to switch her over is easy but u need to get a response from her so when u drop something warm in the tank she sees hit smells it and hits it .. if u cant get live pk rats just get a mouse hopper should be fine then let her eat those about once a week until she has a good response then u start switching her over to f/t i got a good way to switch if u need help when that time comes .. but i put money on it u go get a live one today and put it in a shoe box with her she will eat

[FireStorm]

I agree that offering a live hopper is a good idea, but I would suggest offering it in her enclosure, preferably at night. Get her eating regularly and then switch to F/T.

[steve_r34]

the only reason i say a shoe box is that its less room so when she goes to strike she will most definitely hit it .. if she has it in a tank then the mouse has all day to hop around and can scare the snake .. but its up to u really either .. or

but i do believe in building confidence in young snakes .. 1st strike 1st hit instead of 2 or 3 strikes and snake gets frustrated then mouse jumps all over snake and then snakes does what balls do best .. and ball up .. lol .. after a couple of feeding and good responses u can start feeding in the enclosure .. unless u have her in a tub already ... jmo

[steve_r34]

how did it go .. did u feed yet

[don15681]

feed her live what the breeder told you she was eating. you want to make sure she's not feeding because of another reason that's stressing her. once she eats a few times, then offer her a freshly killed rodent. if she doesn't take it, you can freeze it for later so you don't waste it. once she takes the freshly killed a few times, then try the f/t next. most hatchlings with a good feeding response will switch without too much of a problem.

[bandicoot4]

how did it go .. did u feed yet

yes i had to switch her enclosure last week, but tried to feed her about 2 hours later, which wasnt my smarted idea, buuuut i tried again tonight with a live hopper mouse and within 30 seconds she went for it and im calm lol. so thank you, sorry it took so long to get back work sucks haha