Josh is so right about feeding in her enclosure. Some pet store workers and websites will tell you that you need to feed outside because the snake will start biting whenever you put your hand in if you feed in the enclosure. That is so untrue. My snake feeds inside the enclosure and has never bite me yet. I believed it at first and tried to feed outside in another tub but all I succeeded in doing was stressing her out (and me). She never did eat outside of her enclosure. Once the live mouse used her head as a trampoline to try and jump out of the tote.Originally Posted by JoshSloane
Although I would like to mention since I keep her in a plastic tub, if I put the room at 82 or even 84 a few hours before I feed her she will be more likely in the mode to eat. Other days I can keep it at 79-82. After she eats I can turn the room temp back down to 79-82 since I have the UTH temp set around 90 on the warm end. But room temp is a factor when you use plastic tubs and UTH heat and a little warmer sets the mood better I have found.
Also size matters when it comes to rats with my snake. Even though she is big enough to eat a medium rat, she won't. Live, F/T, doesn't matter, she shys away from a large meal for some reason. She will eat 3 mice or one small rat which look like an over sized mouse but NO Medium rats, period. And I need to use a hair dryer to dry and warm up the water thawed rat to around 90 because she doesn't want her small rat wet either, she likes em dry, warm and fluffy. But she loves live and will eat F/T if I do it as stated. Once she gets larger she might eventually go to mediums (which would be better for her) but right now she just won't eat a medium, so I guess a small rat every 7 days will be the schedule. Just had a thought, I wonder if I should try 2 small rats less often or one more often.
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