Quote Originally Posted by BallPythonGuy007 View Post
Hi everyone! I just have a little issue with one of my snakes. She is a little picky on eating. She only eats live. I have some large feeding tongs and I tried a frozen on her yesterday and she struck, but right as she did, the mouse fell from the tongs. Then she knew... Had to give her live. Any suggestions to help me switch her over?
The fact that she struck is a good sign. However, if you want to switch, you might have to make her miss a meal or two. I've switched all mine over to f/t but it takes some longer than others. The zombie dance helps but so does getting them hungry. Warming the rats up in the same room as your snake can help as it's smelling it, getting hungry, and then you're offering it a rodent. My pickiest, I make sure the mouse/rat is dry. When it's still new, I will hold the prey by the tail and once the snake strikes, I will pull sporadically as if the rodent is trying to get loose. It tends to cause a tighter coil and they get more excited. I do that for about 5-10 seconds and then let go. They continue to constrict for awhile but then will think they did the killing and eat it. As time goes on, I slowly phase that out, phase out the movement, and now I just get the lid open and if they are hungry, they grab it before it even gets in the tub. Some take longer than others so be patient and consistent. You'll get there.