Just an update on this girl... After about a 6 month long hunger strike I finally gave in and gave her a live medium rat. Within 5 minutes of just putting it in with her she snatched it up and ate. I'm really glad she ate, but I really really REALLY don't want to have to start keeping live rats on hand for her and I don't want her to get spoiled on live rats! This girl was eating frozen/thawed just fine for the first couple of months I had her. She never missed a meal until she went on this hunger strike all of the sudden. I'm hoping that by giving her this live rat maybe it will trigger her to start eating frozen/thawed again. Do you guys have any suggestions or have any idea why she suddenly stopped eating frozen/thawed? Just to recap, I let my rats sit out and thaw to room temperature in the snake room for a few hours on feeding day. Right before I feed (usually between midnight and 3:00 am) I heat the rats up with a heat gun then puppeteer. She used to just snatch them right up when I simply dangled them by the tail in front of her without even having to animate them. Now, no matter if I dangle it, animate it or leave it in with her she refuses...
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