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DMong
at Mon Feb 11 14:09:42 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Hey,..that's great news!, I like when that happens..LOL! To keep the snake interested in keeping up a good feeding response, make SURE the snake is good and hungry before offering food to it, at least for several more feedings. This will give the snake a good reinforced association with prey items, and act as sort of a "confidence" booster to the snake. The last thing you want to do now, is to stop the ball rolling by possibly scaring him with a live pinky in closed quarters that he doesn't want to eat,.....I know it sounds silly, but it happens quite often.
As for getting it to eat F/T pinks, usually after several live feedings, they usually go for dead ones with no problem. Sometimes a good thing to do, is(after thawing) put a piece of wire screen over a lamp bulb, so it can warm up slowly to mimic the natural temp. of a rodent, this often works well for me.
Anyhow, that's great that you got it feeding again,.....keep up the good work!
~Doug ----- "Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"
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