Switch to F/T, success!

[Nitewolfie]

Don't want to start a new topic on f/t, thought I'd jump in if you don't mind. My snakes I've had for over a year and less. From day one I've fed live. The people I got some from, fed them live. Some come from pet stores. Don't know if they fed live or f/t. As I said, I feed them live but budget is saying either get rid of a few or switch to f/t. Question is, how hard is it to switch from live to f/t?

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In my opinion, it depends on the snake and how it's given f/t
I figured out the best way for mine is to thaw it out in warm water and do the hair drier trick(putting a hair drier on the head for 30-60 seconds or if you have a temp gun warm the head up til its 100 degrees, also aim it so them the smell gets into the terrarium and gets the snake into feeding mode)
Or what i've read some people to is to put the head in boiling water for about 10 seconds(?) or over hot tap water if it's hot enough.
Although, when i tried my youngest bp for f/t, all I did was thaw it out(i didn't know of the hair drier or any other trick at the time) and I fed him by hand, and he just took it. second time I fed him f/t, i did the hair drier trick and had tongs finally, he seemed interested and it wasn't til I had set it on the bottom of the terrarium that he was really interested and knew it was dead, so he didn't strike it, instead he just drug it closer to him and ate it. my oldest male wouldn't eat f/t unless it's on the ground and the head has to be hot and set on the bottom, otherwise he won't eat it.

Anyways, back to the point, it just depends on the snake, methods, etc. I think the hair drier trick is what many people use though.
Good luck!