need advice for the live/frozen-thawed switch

[MonkeyShuttle]

Try feeding a small live hopper mouse first, then following up with a thawed rat. Sometimes the hopper gets them in feed mode, and they become a little less picky for a short amount of time.

i was going to try this but wifey rescued the hopper from me before i had a chance, she literally said the snake can eat thawed or its got to go, shes like to make things difficult lol. and now we have a new pet mouse. thanks for suggestion though if all else fails i will be trying this without her knowing

[coldbloodaddict]

i was going to try this but wifey rescued the hopper from me before i had a chance, she literally said the snake can eat thawed or its got to go, shes like to make things difficult lol. and now we have a new pet mouse. thanks for suggestion though if all else fails i will be trying this without her knowing

your wife does realize the Frozen rodents were once alive right? why does it matter if they are put down by the snake vs. a co2 chamber?

Dead is dead, no matter how it happens!


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[Capt.Britain]

Yeah, try dangling the rat by the tail near the snake's head.
If she still doesn't go for it, try dropping it. We have a couple snakes that will not strike until it's dropped. I think it may be the sudden movement that triggers it.
Either way, we've never had issues switching snakes to f/t. (Zoo policies won't let us feed live, so all new snakes have to get switched).