Edith

[BigLou3]

Fail last night with the offered fuzzy rat but we'll see how it goes in 5 days. Sooner or later hunger will prevail.


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If your feeding mice to anyone you can try thawing a mouse and the rat together. I did that for Lily and Isabel so that the scents would get mixed together. Isabel took the rat no problem on the first attempt with rat. It also gave Lily the scent for when she gets a little bigger. I don't think it would deter anyone from eating the mouse however I don't know.


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[Terminal]

If your feeding mice to anyone you can try thawing a mouse and the rat together. I did that for Lily and Isabel so that the scents would get mixed together. Isabel took the rat no problem on the first attempt with rat. It also gave Lily the scent for when she gets a little bigger. I don't think it would deter anyone from eating the mouse however I don't know.


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I was thinking the same thing lou. I think I'm going to put the frozen fuzzy rats in a bag with frozen mice in the mean time. While she didn't take the rat she was quite interested even coming down the tree branch to be closer to where the rat was on the floor of the enclosure.


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[Gio]

My girl is an awful feeder but,,,,,,,,,,

I started her on rats right away. She was very small at about 1 year when I got her.

Believe it or not, at 3 years old she will take 1 pound rabbits. WHEN she eats. She's had a craxk at about everything, chicks, quail, F/Td rats, live rats and F/Td rabbits.

She is a bout 6' 4" now and I'm hoping after this rabbit she'll start notching up again.

I used to piggyback another prey item behind the first when she was being difficult. If she would only take a tiny chick, I'd ease a rat into her mouth as she was swallowing the chick.

You can do that with a rat behind a mouse if needed.

Lots of tricks, but I still have a picky eater.

She grows regardless of whether she eats lately.

Your snake looks fantastic!

[Terminal]

My girl is an awful feeder but,,,,,,,,,,

I started her on rats right away. She was very small at about 1 year when I got her.

Believe it or not, at 3 years old she will take 1 pound rabbits. WHEN she eats. She's had a craxk at about everything, chicks, quail, F/Td rats, live rats and F/Td rabbits.

She is a bout 6' 4" now and I'm hoping after this rabbit she'll start notching up again.

I used to piggyback another prey item behind the first when she was being difficult. If she would only take a tiny chick, I'd ease a rat into her mouth as she was swallowing the chick.

You can do that with a rat behind a mouse if needed.

Lots of tricks, but I still have a picky eater.

She grows regardless of whether she eats lately.

Your snake looks fantastic!

Thanks Gio. I will probably go get a smaller fuzzy rat that I will try to scent with mice for the next attempt. Like I say, surely hunger will prevail at some point. Maybe even the next attempt, fingers crossed.


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[EL-Ziggy]

Hang in there T. Like you said, the hunger will win eventually. I make my snakes wait a few extra days if they refuse a feeding. That'll teach 'em . So far only one of my carpets has missed a single meal. If she's eating every 5 days, I'd make her wait 7 or 8 days for her next meal. She'll be nice and hungry and hopefully more inclined to eat. I also agree with scenting the prey item. Good luck bud. I'm sure she'll come around soon.

[BigLou3]

I always try to feed my carpets with tongs while they are off the ground. If they are wrapped around something suspended off the ground kind of like they would do naturally and you dangle it in front of them with the tongs they usually blast it pretty quick and wrap. I find it awesome watching them eat while hanging and supporting the prey with their body. You may have better luck with that instead of laying it on the floor also.


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[Gio]

I wanted another "super eater" like my boa when I got my coastal mix and wound up with something closer to our royal. Prior to her rabbit 2 days ago she had refused ALL food since May 28th.

Hunger does prevail eventually but I understand when folks get frustrated by refusals. I've tossed out several F/Td rats and fed my BC when I really didn't want to feed him.

In some cases, not all, a carpet will be more enticed by a fairly large prey item. I remember using fuzzy rats and not seeing interest, but when I tried a small rat she hit it rather quickly, that was when she was smaller. Now I feed large everything.

However, that isn't a magic formula here as I am never sure when or what she'll eat.

Silly snake!

[Snoopyslim]

Edith fresh off of a shed and just ate a small mouse and she took it off the tongs for the first time. Woo hoo.



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Gorgeous <3

[Prognathodon]

N-thing learning what the snake wants. My Bredli was fussy at first, until I learned to bring the food to her from below. Now she'll take food pretty much when/wherever - Tuesday night I opened her cage before getting her chick in the tongs, and she was coming out to get it. Pretty sure she'd have helped herself from the bowl.


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[Reinz]

When I Picked up a pair of Coastals at 2 yrs old they had only been fed mice their whole lives. The previous owner said that they were unswitchable. I froze and thawed mice and rats together and skipped a feeding cycle. On the next feeding day they hit the rats without hesitation.