Bp won't go back to frozen?

[Alter-Echo]

Have you tried warming the feeder with a hairdryer seconds before offering??
That rarely fails if some initial interest is shown ...

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Yeah, I use a spare heating pad to heat prey before offering, doesn't seem to help much with her though, when I first got her and she was eating, she would even take prey at room temp.

[Zincubus]

Yeah, I use a spare heating pad to heat prey before offering, doesn't seem to help much with her though, when I first got her and she was eating, she would even take prey at room temp.

Maybe just needs a little extra persuasion given he's had the taste of LIVE ... I'm wondering if a ten second blast with a hairdryer then offer INSTANTLY will work better than a heatmat .... if it's rejected simply give it another blast and again offer instantly .

Nothing to lose ..


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[Alter-Echo]

Maybe just needs a little extra persuasion given he's had the taste of LIVE ... I'm wondering if a ten second blast with a hairdryer then offer INSTANTLY will work better than a heatmat .... if it's rejected simply give it another blast and again offer instantly .

Nothing to lose ..


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Yeah, I may try that next time, rat held its heat well though, and after about 4 mins of playing rodent necromancer she crawled in her hide, annoyed and probably dissappointed.

[Alter-Echo]

Well, I'm stumped, she's still not eating frozen thawed. She will approach the rat, looking hungry, but then at the last minute pull back and want nothing to do with it. I've tried leaving it in overnight but to no avail. Warming trick doesn't seem to help any either.

I've since talked to a few local keepers as well, nobody has ever had one that previously ate thawed suddenly demand only live again.... it's bizarre.

[Bogertophis]

Well, I'm stumped, she's still not eating frozen thawed. She will approach the rat, looking hungry, but then at the last minute pull back and want nothing to do with it. I've tried leaving it in overnight but to no avail. Warming trick doesn't seem to help any either.

I've since talked to a few local keepers as well, nobody has ever had one that previously ate thawed suddenly demand only live again.... it's bizarre.

This is how they got the name "royal" pythons...they can be "royal pains", LOL. And yes, been there & seen this movie & bought the T-shirt.

I don't like the risks of feeding live though: what I used to do was feed a small & helpless live "appetizer" (with the larger f/t thawed & ready to feed); if you feel
"lucky", you can let her swallow the live appetizer & hope she'll be pumped up enough to then just take the f/t rat also. She might But, if you're NOT feeling that
lucky, you can first get into stealth/ninja mode, & slowly & gracefully introduce the f/t rat's head right into her mouth before she closes it swallowing the "appetizer".
And if you're lucky & patient, you may only have to do this a few times to get her to where she'll take the f/t without the live appetizer first. Good luck...I feel
your pain. They don't call 'em "royal" for nothing...