How should I offer live food?

[JeffJ]

typically ive noticed that my breeding colony is usually awake short intervals during the day (nursing eating drinking or just sorting babies unless im disturbing them) but most of them tend to be up running around crazy at night

weird, because mine are the opposite. i usually keep about 3-4 in hand in a small 10g tank. maybe the store im getting them from has messed there clock up lol

[micbrown]

it seems he cant find the live fuzzy..could I have too much stuff in his cage?

[JeffJ]

it seems he cant find the live fuzzy..could I have too much stuff in his cage?

it would be rather heard for him not to find it, he sees with thermal imaging and smells it... however if your temperatures are off it could be having difficulty differing its body heat from the surroundings if you have the temps to high. presenting always seems to work. fuzzies are stupid too, they usually cower in a corner so place it in the opposite corner of your snake and wait.

[Melicious]

Personally, I prefer a very controlled method. I use feeding hemostats. I pre-scent the room for about half-an-hour by leaving the plastic handled kritter thing in the room near the smallest of my snakes. I take the mouse by the nape of the neck, via hemostats, and hold the rat about three inches away from her face. I get a face-on strike almost every time, but at the least, I get a strike that's right on the neck where the mouse can't turn to bite her. This is safe, sane, and easy to accomplish if you take the time. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

[hoax]

YouTube - 8 Ball Pythons - Feeding Lessons

This should help you.

Adam is the best you listen to him and it is hard to go wrong.

Mike

[micbrown]

Thanks to all for the great advise..He ate for the first time tonite since jan 9th...I am so happy I was starting to get worried. It took him about 30 min & he had found it. He looks happy now

[JeffJ]

Thanks to all for the great advise..He ate for the first time tonite since jan 9th...I am so happy I was starting to get worried. It took him about 30 min & he had found it. He looks happy now

told yah he would

[Malpaso]

I have my baby 3weeks now. Here is my experience with feeding:
Day 0 - I received my BP (55cm/21inch, 16g/0.035pounds)
Day 5 - one small live mouse offered (two hrs after lights off time): immediate response (10seconds)
Day 10 - one small live mouse offered (two hrs BEFORE lights off time): immediate response (5seconds?!)
Day 15 - one small live mouse offered (three hrs before lights off time): no response at all... (mouse hopped in vivarium for 30minutes... even "on her head"... nothing...)
Day 20 - different small live mouse offered (one hr after lights off time): no response again... (she even turned head away from mouse)
Day 25 - if shed is not confirmed (I have never seen snake before shed before... so I'm not sure about "symptoms" I see ) the same small live mouse will be offered and we will see...

[Melicious]

YouTube - 8 Ball Pythons - Feeding Lessons

This should help you.

Adam is the best you listen to him and it is hard to go wrong.

Mike

Thanks, Mike. I was trying to hunt down the link, but I was so tired last night. Much appreciated.