Mixed results

[Gerardo]

Today was the first time i fed my BPs f/t. 3 ate and 3 didnt. My big normal male has never taken f/t (Ive tried once or twice before) but I dont know yet if he is a live only snake. And the other 2 that refused was the first time i tried f/t with them. But the 3 that did eat have been on live the entire time ive had them and they took it with no hesitation. Didnt even have to do the zombie dance for them.

[JMBall's]

My super pastel het clown boy never strikes f/t. He'll destroy live but with f/t you gotta put it in the hide he's in and go outside the snake room for a while and he'll take it. He's goofy

[Gerardo]

Should I try to feed them again in a few hours or should I just leave the rat in their hide overnight?

[Sonny1318]

You can leave it in overnight. I have one that also just wants it pushed in it's hide, and left alone. And probably one or two others that would do the same, but I like when they strike.

[JMBall's]

Should I try to feed them again in a few hours or should I just leave the rat in their hide overnight?

Try leaving it in there for awhile. I have a snake that would only touch f/t mice...went on hunger strike and will now only eat freshly killed mice. Won't touch live mice or rats of any type.. Some bp's are picky and some are garbage disposals.

[Gerardo]

I left the rats overnight and my big normal male ate but the 2 others didnt. 4 out 6 isnt too bad i guess.

[Gerardo]

Here is the clown eating. Didnt eat last week so Im happy she is eating.

[michaelt]

my snakes are weird they wont eat in the enclosures.. that one day i spent prolly 15 min doing zombie dance infront of her hide and moving it all over, took her out of the enclosure and in a box and no hesitation at all so thats just what i do from now on with both of them.. both have never missed a meal for me

[Lizardlicks]

I got close to the same on Wednesday, but the results were expected. One girl was already on f/t and she snarfed her meal like a champ. the other hadn't yet been introduced to it before she got shipped out me. She seemed interested in the smell, but no amount of zombie dancing enticed a strike, nor did she eat the squeaker when left overnight. I'm going to try a gradual approach now: offering live today so she gets a meal in her. Next week will be fresh prekilled, and the week after I'll offer f/t again and see if she goes for it.

[C2tcardin]

For the 2 that didn't eat I would not offer again for another week and let them get a little hungrier that may change their attitude towards passing a meal up.