Quote Originally Posted by SoCaliSon View Post
I worked with a Boa a couple years back that was brought to a shop I know, as the owner could no longer care for it. This Boa had been fed on FT it's whole life (around 4 years is what I was told.) So when I started working with the snake I continued with what it had been raised on, but after the 3rd feeding, and I was yet to see a strike or constriction, I started to realize that this snake had lost touch with it's strike and contrict instinct. We normally think of instincts as behaviors that are embeded that can't be broken, but given an environment where killing it's prey wasn't necesarry for years, it lost touch with this behavior. Offered a live moving rat, the snake coiled into the corner in fear. I worked with the snake for 2 months before finding him a great home, but over 8 feedings I never once saw a stike or constriction from this 6 foot snake. Not saying that all snakes will behave this way, but definately worth thinking about.
I'm not in any way discrediting or mocking your personal experience, however I strongly believe with time and proper techniques applied, the snake would have started taking live again.