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Posted by: billygunn at Sun Jul 9 12:23:57 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by billygunn ]

I start my babies on live mice fuzzies or rat pinks which ever I have at the time. After about 5-6 good feedings I hold back food for a few weeks then offer FT and I've had almost 100% switch to FT this way. Most of my BP collection (about 40 total) feed on FT. I do have 2 larger females that take live meals a few times after their winter fast but go back to FT soon after. This has worked for me for 20yrs+ and the babies that need assist feeding never take live after they start feeding on their own. A live rodent scares the crap out of them LOL. I've had rats give some bad bites to snakes that didn't grab them just right so FT works best for me. I also feed fresh kill once in a while but not very often. If I receive a mouse feeder I switch them to rats ASAP, this has not been a problem for me.

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Poll: For those who feed FT & live - jmartin104, Sat Jul 8 11:35:33 2006

Live N/P - vcane, Sat Jul 8 12:17:11 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - LKirkland, Sat Jul 8 12:53:06 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - jmartin104, Sat Jul 8 13:37:16 2006

Live.....It's Not Even Close n/m - LKirkland, Sun Jul 9 21:03:47 2006

F/T ONLY more........ - STUART, Sat Jul 8 14:53:37 2006

RE: F/T ONLY more........ - jmartin104, Sat Jul 8 14:58:33 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - subtleserpents, Sat Jul 8 18:53:39 2006

Idiot, I love it! Too funny np - jmartin104, Sun Jul 9 07:41:53 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - phwyvern, Sat Jul 8 19:05:23 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - thebigsquease, Sat Jul 8 19:06:23 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - ssnakes, Sat Jul 8 19:52:30 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - jmartin104, Sun Jul 9 07:47:37 2006

If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 09:59:48 2006

RE: If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - jmartin104, Sun Jul 9 12:00:56 2006

RE: If you spend more time,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 12:15:34 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - ballfreak, Mon Aug 14 19:42:05 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - SnakeSmith, Sat Jul 8 19:44:38 2006

Forgot to mention... - SnakeSmith, Sat Jul 8 19:49:31 2006

RE: Forgot to mention... - ssnakes, Sat Jul 8 19:59:30 2006

All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sat Jul 8 20:03:27 2006

RE: All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - SnakeSmith, Sat Jul 8 20:33:28 2006

RE: All F/T except,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 00:16:21 2006

Time of day,,,,,,,,,,, - RoyalVariations-, Sun Jul 9 12:38:24 2006

RE: Time of day,,,,,,,,,,, - SnakeSmith, Sun Jul 9 20:22:58 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - delphipythons, Sat Jul 8 21:56:22 2006

F/T for everything... - garweft, Sat Jul 8 22:43:05 2006

live...... N/P - jnsreptiles, Sun Jul 9 02:32:22 2006

live... more - crazydart, Sun Jul 9 05:09:33 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - alp71, Sun Jul 9 08:26:26 2006

RE: Poll: For those who feed FT & live - billygunn, Sun Jul 9 12:23:57 2006

FT feed better here..... - nita, Sun Jul 9 13:38:49 2006

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