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My situation: 4 month old amazon tree boa which i purchased from a regular in my pet store. He said it was eating live pinkys scented with a chicken feather. After 2 months of attempting to feed it in every way imaginable, my boss told me it was time to force feed it. He gave me a frozen anole and instruction and the feeding went by with no problem. after a couple failed attempts at feeding, i notice glazed eyes and waited for him to shed. He did.

My Problem: I need to get this snake on pinkys, so i've been scenting and all that business just like before.. no dice. It came time where i decided to force feed it a pre-killed pinky scented with an anole. The entire session was a failure as the snake refused to clamp down after the pinky was in his mouth. It took me forever to procure this snake and I REALLY do not want it to starve to death/get injured because he is too scared to eat.

His enclosure is a 12x12x18 exoterra terrarium at 82 degrees and 60% humidity during the day.

P.s. I attempt to feed nocturnally.

P.p.s. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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