phattony wrote:

"What you can try is placing a P/K rabbitt in the snakes mouth about the time that he gets the back legs of a rat down. Once he opens to take that last swallow, place the rabbitts head in his mouth. This will USUALLY make him just continue to swallow.

Some snakes this will work with. Some can be picky like this for a while. I say P/K cause if he doesnt take it the first time, you can freeze, and try again later.

If this doesnt work, try waiting a little longer than normal to offer the rabbitt. Get him good and hungry and see if it works."



I'll have to second that motion.

I've got a 10ft female that's a great eater, when it comes to rats, at least. She'd eat a frozen one if I'd let her. It's taking some time getting her to switch to rabbits but by placing a rabbit(p/k or f/t), the same size as the rats she's been eating (jumbo), in her mouth as she's finishing the first rat, has produced some progress.



I use 3-foot grabbers to feed mine with, the type of grabbers made for elderly or handicap.



I always try to feed her the rabbit first and then feed one rat to get her primed if she doesn't take the rabbit. Sometimes I have to give her another rat or two in between rabbits. Once you get it switched to rabbits, then you can work on increasing the size of rabbits.



No, I don't think you wasted your time with chicken broth, it;s worked for some people, but not for me. Just about anything like that is worth a try.



I think one large rabbit is better than several rats. Some say it is because of the meat/bones ratio but I beleive it's better because of how they lay in the stomach.



Best wishes!

Mike
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