I have posted this before but am happy to post it again. First of all, I have a small collection of 13 balls (3 males and 10 females). They are all 03-05's. All of them are f/t feeders and patience was clearly the name of the game. I simply work very slowly and consistently with them. Some took a week or two and some took 6 months!

First, I offer live while they are becoming suited to living in their new home. Then within a few weeks I offer them f/t rats or mice (usually rats since that is what I am ultimately trying to get them on). Eventually they will take an f/t item. Then stick with that mouse or rat until it is a complete routine. If it's feeding on f/t rats, I'm done. If it is consistently feeding on mice, I ocassionally offer f/t rats of proper size until they eventually eat them. They will in time.

Now, I am certainly not claiming to be the best at switching them over, but I have had very good results with this gradual and consistent approach. It's all about patience and a little extra patience, ha, ha, ha!!!

Let me know if there are any details that I have missed and I will be sure to help. Best of luck to you.

Glenn

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• switching from live to f/t - raisnok, Mon Apr 24 17:48:57 2006
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