Quote Originally Posted by DennisM View Post
Try Deborah's advice. Also try the reverse scenting I mentioned in my previous post. With JCP it may still come down to tough love. However, even if she never accepts rats, you won't need to feed multiple mice. Switch her over to chicken, quail and rabbit. I had a coastal that never accepted rats all and she fed on these all her life (she lived to 16 yrs) and grew to over 8 ft and 20 lbs. I have yet to see a carpet that refused any of these delicacies.
Yeah see I did that more or less. I was thawing her mice in the bag with all the rats I feed my other snakes. But that still didn't work. Then I would try and literally rub the mice and rats together like I was rubbing 2 sticks to start a fire lol and again, nope, the JCP could pick em out. Maybe it was the size difference? Since a weaned rat is a lot bigger than an adult mouse. Maybe try a large fuzzie rat? And then try Deborah's method with that?

As for quail, chicks and rabbits, I got access to all that as that's what I feed my boas and retic but the JCP is way too small for a rabbit and honestly I don't even know about chicks or baby quails. Her thickest part is only about 1". She's about 3' to maybe 3.5'. I was told when I got her about 3 months ago that she was 1-1.5 years old but I'm not sure. She seems so small for that age. Heck even large mice make a noticeable lump in her lol. Heres a picture of her. Not the best but hopefully gives kind of an idea. Her head is only about 1" long and maybe 1" wide at the jaw hinges.