Quote Originally Posted by craigafrechette View Post
I think you're on the right track. It's only one offering, so don't stress yourself out yet.

What size prey was she eating previously? and mice or rats?
Make sure you are offering the same prey (assuming she was being fed the right size prey prior to you taking her home) and make sure your prey is the right size. What is her weight? I'm assuming she's still pretty small, so a small mouse or rat fuzzy would probably be your ideal size prey.

You may need to experiment with defrosting techniques and feeding techniques, as some things work miracles for some snakes/keepers and don't work at all for others. For example, my BP won't eat prey that I leave out to defrost. He will only eat prey I defrost in hot water and feed him as soon as it's defrosted and warm. If they prey sits out at all, he will refuse it. Odd, I know, but that's BPs for ya!

I probably wouldn't worry about braining yet either, I would leave the prey intact on your next attempt. Maybe resort to tricks like that later if need be.
She was eating small mice. I'll try the water trick next time. I just figured she wouldn't like wet mice since she was eating live before. But I'm trying to put human logic to a snake haha. And God yes, I'd like to put off braining again because lemme tell you I was dancing in place, gibbering 'ick ick yuck icky yuck' to myself. It was a little disconcerting LoL.

I haven't gotten the chance to buy a digital scale yet. It was low on my list of supplies but I'll be sure to get one soon. I figured since I'm not handling her yet, I can put it off. Do you have a recommendation? I'm gonna mosey on over to Amazon.