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RE: Switching from live to F/T

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Posted by: ROC at Fri Feb 8 21:38:32 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ROC ]  
   

I didn't read the other posts, so hopefully I'm not repeated anyone. I recently switched one over. I kept offering it f/t rat fuzzies but it refused. If it's used to live, I doubt it would take a dead one left in it's cage. I never did leave them in there, and since yours refused i don't think it's interested. After a few attempts I gave mine a live mouse. Kept trying f/t again. Eventually it took a f/t mouse it killed but didn't eat, and then started taking rat fuzzies for me. Try feeding at night, limit movement, play the rat infront of the snake with tongs to try and make it seem live, and warm it up. I find soaking in warm water warms the rat but I think it washes some of the scent off because my feeding responses I got from those warmed in water were far less than those warmed with a hair dryer. Try that out, and remember, patience.

   

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