Transferring from live feeders to frozen/thawed?

[bmezzo]

I recently acquired a two year old BP who has been fed live his entire life, but I'm not currently in a position to be able to feed live, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to transfer him to frozen/thawed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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[frostysBP]

Have you tried f/t yet?

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[200xth]

I recently acquired a two year old BP who has been fed live his entire life, but I'm not currently in a position to be able to feed live, so I was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to transfer him to frozen/thawed? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

If you haven't tried yet, just thaw one and offer it. See what happens and go from there.

[MarkusAurelius]

If you haven't tried yet, just thaw one and offer it. See what happens and go from there.

Exactly.

Just offer the snake one and see if he takes it.

[stretcharmy]

I have found that it works better to take the rat above room temp and feed in the dark with picky feeders. I have one BP that won't eat with the lights on or if it's to cold.

[bmezzo]

We've offered twice now and he hasn't eaten yet. Last night we had his tank dark for a while, tried to feed him at around 9 PM. We thawed the rat and heated it up with a hairdryer before braining it. We danced it around in front of him for a while with some tongs, and when he didn't strike, we put it in his hide and covered his tank up and left it in with him overnight, and when I checked this morning, he hadn't eaten it.

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[redshepherd]

We've offered twice now and he hasn't eaten yet. Last night we had his tank dark for a while, tried to feed him at around 9 PM. We thawed the rat and heated it up with a hairdryer before braining it. We danced it around in front of him for a while with some tongs, and when he didn't strike, we put it in his hide and covered his tank up and left it in with him overnight, and when I checked this morning, he hadn't eaten it.

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I had heard that braining is just a myth that in't proven to help OR not help. :s

You can also try heating up a bowl of hot water- not boiling, but still hot to the touch. Dunk the whole (thawed) rat in it for 10 seconds, and then dunk only the head in it for another 10 seconds, so that the head is the warmest part of the body... offer it immediately. Some snakes seem to find a hot, wet rat more appetizing? Something to try.

Another thing to try is getting some dirty mouse aspen from the reptile store who has feeder mice... used aspen with some mouse poop and heavy scent in it, of course... and rolling the rat around in that first. Some snakes find mice a LOT more appetizing than rats. I roll the wet rat around in it after dunking in the hot water.

[frostysBP]

Go live

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[HospiceNHeartsRN]

Go live

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Not an option... her parents won't allow live feeding :/ or generally live rodents in the house at all...

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[frostysBP]

Not to be mean. But you should rehome the snake. if you cant provide live food then give it to someone who can. If it wont eat frozen it still needs food some snakes will some won't. Should have thought about this before you asked this question

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