That is good to know, I was actually thinking of putting her on pinkes or at least weaned week old rats. Thanks again for that story I may attempt something like that before I make any final decisions.



Miller



>>I tried this once and it worked with a problem child... I left the snake alone with no heat in the basement in the dark with only water in the coolest spot I could find. I left her there for two weeks. I then put her in a ridiculously large sweater box (she was maybe 16" long) that was over a 4" piece of heat tape controlled to 90 degrees. The reason for the large box was to let her pick her own temperature. Over the tape, I'm sure it was close to 90, but at the front of the box, it was room temp. There were several layers of newspaper too, which also helped her to have more of a gradient. I then fed her small pinkies, one a time, one per week for about 3 months, and then fed two at a time for another three months, and incresaed the food size over one year. She looked horribly thin, and a couple of times I was sure that she was dead. She is now 5 years old and can eat half grown mice with no problem and is extremely healthy, but very small. She's barely 30 inches, but fat and spunky. She'll never breed, but she's my buddy.

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1.1 Florida King

1.1 Eastern Kings

1.1 Black Milksnake

0.1 Honduran

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2.2 N. Pinesnake

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