Questions about age, adjustment time and eating.

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While... He didn't eat it. I thawed it overnight in the fridge, took out about three hours before feeding, put it in the enclosure around 8:30 by the hide opening. Put a towel over the front so it extra dark and quiet. About 2 am I hear he moving around, take a quick peek. He came out of the hide and didn't even touch it. No big deal, I put the towel back. 10 am he is now sleeping between the hide and the glass and the rats still there. The rat also bleed a little once it thawed, so he must smell it on some level. I did notice something, his head is a little unsteady and he seems very curious, almost too curious. Like when I opened the enclosure he is awake, he'll come right up to me but not in threatening way. When you expect him to run away or ball up. So i don't know. Any thoughts and any thought on live feeders. I mean I know it's risk but I will to do what it take for him to be healthy and content.

thank you

KL

I don't know that you need to think about switching to live just yet. Maybe let him go the week again and next time try feeding thongs and wiggle the feeder around a bit in front of him to mimic a live feeder. Also you can use a hair dryer to blast the head and get it nice and warm, not hot but warm, so he can sense it a little better. Most of my snakes are on frozen/thawed and the hairdryer trick has worked to get even my picky hognoses eating, so it's worth a shot.

Like Bogertophis said before, the good thing about him being a bit older is that going off food for a few weeks won't hurt him. Plus, again to quote Bogertophis, some snakes prefer being drop-fed like you tried, while others prefer to grab which you can try next, but either way with him being older you can try a few things before trying live.