Quote Originally Posted by Eazyyyb View Post
okay, thanks! thats how i thawed this mouse out as well. Did you take your snake out of the enclosure to feed to just leave it in? And is there any way to make sure the snake knows the mouse is there? I know this will sound stupid, but my girl just climbed around the sides of her tank and did not even acknowledge the mouse at all
Moving her to a separate enclosure is a sure way to make sure she doesn't eat. Feed in the same enclosure.

To make switching to f/t easier, sometimes you can't just toss the corpse in there. You have to do a bit of a "zombie dance". If you don't already, get some feeding tongs or long hemostats. Thaw the rodent like normally and then take your hemo's or feeding tongs and pinch it behind the head/shoulder area. Then quietly open up the tub and kind of walk him around like's he checking out the snakes pad. Try to simulate what the live mouse/rat normally does when you drop him in. Usually the snake will poke his head out and start flicking his tongue. Keep moving the mouse around and they'll usually come out and grab it. You have to be subtle...don't smack the snake around on the head with the mouse...yeah...people have come on this forum and recommended that.

Switching from mice to rats is a whole 'nother topic...