Quote Originally Posted by queenelvis82 View Post
Hello all!
My bp has not been taking her f/t rats so a few people suggested feeding her live to spark her feeding response. Now some people are telling me to not feed her live because it will be really difficult to get her switched back over to frozen thawed. My husbandry is up to par with lots of hiding places and the temps are 90 on hot spot, 76 on cool spot, and 78 for the ambient temp. Would you guys recommend trying to get her cool and ambient temp boosted and continue offering f/t, or boost up her temps and feed her live for her next feeding. Please, let me know!
I see no problem with your temperatures based on the (albeit little) information provided. I think it is unlikely that a temperature modification of a few degrees will change her feeding response. I have had this happen when a snake will spontaneously stop taking F/T, but will then take anything offered live no problem. You can try the following:

(1) The first thing I would try and is warming F/T and placing inside her hide box. This will often times get picky snakes to take it.

(2) If this does not work, you can try "re-training" the snake. What I mean by this is offer her a live meal this week, and presumably she will take it. The next week buy another live feeder and let it sit out near the enclosure, this will sometimes get a snake "excited" about the prospect of a meal. You should then scent the F/T feeder with the live animal and see if the snake will take it. If she won't, offer the live food, then offer the scented F/T item after it.

(3) Alternatively, you can let the snake fast for a week or two and keep offering a F/T once a week on feeding day.

This is not a quip at you personally, but is there a sticky for "tricks and tips" on switching feeders? I feel like we see this question all the time and if you search the forum and YouTube, there are many videos and tips you will find there.