Feeding problem

[MattA*]

hey everyone, i have a quick question about feeding.
My female ball has been feed live mice for as long as i had her... last feeding she had, she got bit by the mouse during.....the bite was not bad there was just a spot of blood i disinfected the bite just in case but the problem is when i tried feeding her frozen..but she refused...after about 40 min and 3 tries i gave up.....my question is what can i do to make live feeding better???

[Kevin_Hornby]

You can try shaking up the mouse before you put it in there. My girlfriend likes to put the mouse in a mouse ball and let the dog kick it around a bit so the mouse is kind of disoriented. You can also feed more of a smaller mouse.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

You can try shaking up the mouse before you put it in there. My girlfriend likes to put the mouse in a mouse ball and let the dog kick it around a bit so the mouse is kind of disoriented. You can also feed more of a smaller mouse.

So you think that stressing out a feeder before offering it to your snake is helpful?

This is stressful and unnecessary unless of course your want your the mouse to bite your snake.

How about letting nature take it's course BP are VERY efficient.

[Bruce Whitehead]

hey everyone, i have a quick question about feeding.
My female ball has been feed live mice for as long as i had her... last feeding she had, she got bit by the mouse during.....the bite was not bad there was just a spot of blood i disinfected the bite just in case but the problem is when i tried feeding her frozen..but she refused...after about 40 min and 3 tries i gave up.....my question is what can i do to make live feeding better???

Sometimes they do take small bites, that is part of it. But research the means of minimizing it.

Do you raise your own, buy live, etc.?

When I have to buy live I give them at least 24 hours to acclimate, get hydrated and well fed before I feed them off.

Just keeps the prey calmer.

Would a smaller size, and two off be a solution?

Bruce

[Bruce Whitehead]

You can try shaking up the mouse before you put it in there. My girlfriend likes to put the mouse in a mouse ball and let the dog kick it around a bit so the mouse is kind of disoriented. You can also feed more of a smaller mouse.

So antogonizing the prey is your suggestion?

If you check back I would love to hear your rationale on this one.

Bruce

[Kevin_Hornby]

Well for starters, its a mouse and its small so it gets dizzy making for easy prey. Go spin in circles a bunch then try and get in a fist fight see how well you do .

[Bruce Whitehead]

Well for starters, its a mouse and its small so it gets dizzy making for easy prey. Go spin in circles a bunch then try and get in a fist fight see how well you do .

I don't have words...

[MattA*]

well iv never heard of shaking it around like that had no clue it works... i do bye my mice form a local pet store.. my friend works there so i get good deals... and keeping it around dose seem to help because sometimes i do end up getting the mouse late and and by then i just leave it overnight just never thought it actually helps.. thank you for your help tho
ooo and BTW dose anyone here breed their own mice...and is it hard?

[Kevin_Hornby]

We just started. Haven't had any babies yet, but it seems pretty basic there are a few preg ones in there now. Make sure you only get 1 male or else the cage will stink like no ones business. I'm also told you should separate the mother and babies as soon as they are born. The ones in the petstore are usually around 4 weeks or so and they have to be 6 to start breeding, so don't be surprised if you don't notice anything for the first few weeks.

[DotFuzz]

My girlfriend likes to put the mouse in a mouse ball and let the dog kick it around a bit so the mouse is kind of disoriented. You can also feed more of a smaller mouse.

Thats funny stuff.