Quote Originally Posted by AT6CL
Need a little help. I just offered Daisy her first F/T small rat. She was fed live rats by the breeder, "right before they opened thier eyes", he said. She seemed interested, but not terribly. I covered the front of the tank, but it's been 30 min. now and nothing.

She has been kept for a week in the ideal environment with minimal handling. The rat was thawed at room tempurature overnight and put under the CHE for half an hour prior to offering.

Was the rat too big? How long should I leave the rat in there? Should I have dangled the rat?

TIA
Tony
Has your BP ate for you before or was it your first feeding? If you recently got him and this was a first feeding I would recommend to feed him the same type of prey that the breeder was offering for at least 3 feeding and then try to switch. I found it easier to switch them after they have settle down good and ate at least 3 meals with me before trying to switch, I did that for all of mine and it worked a charm.

Now if your BP was eating rats that barely had their eyes open then a small rat is too big and not what he is use to.

Should you dangle? You probably need to specially since you are trying to switch him it will take time.

Also keep in mind it can take time to switch them and that some will not switch so you need to be prepared to feed live if it is the case.