Mia is one of the picky ones.......

[Maybeka]

What size prey are you feeding? Too big can lead to food strikes.

How often are you offering? Offering too often can stress the snake and lead to further refusals.

How long are you leaving it under the lamp? If its starting to cook at all the snake will refuse.

She is eating small rats.

We offer about every 7 to 10 days. She usually tells us when she's hungry and goes "hunting". When everything in her enclosure has been re-arranged during the night it's usually when she's been out cruising.

It's under the lamp until we see her come out looking for it. It's usually about 2 or 3 min maybe.

Think i'll defrost room temp as i do now, but i'll put it in warm water right before giving it to her. I tried defrosting it in water, but that gives it a bloody nose sometimes, and she HATES when her food has a bloody nose.

So you think she'll ever catch up to be normal size, or always small? If she's stays small we are ok with it, she's adorable as is.