Mine just shed yesterday. After the shed, I tried feeding one 4g hairless mouse with vitamins and it grabbed it off the tongs but didn't eat. Thinking it was a good chance it was the taste of the vitamins (since it held it in its mouth for a bit but didnt eat), I wiped the vitamins off with a f/t day old chick because I wanted my second attempt to me more sure. It ate. Later yesterday night I fed him another hairless mouse (8g, no scenting) and it ate that too.

Articled on these snakes have said dipping small rodents in egg yolk has worked, but I really think these genetic hariless mice are pretty great, and a little bird scent is good for an added edge.

Don't be afraid of a little scent. Imprinting is a myth, and if yours happens to be the one that will only take scented...you can always sell it to me : )

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• It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - LloydHeilbrunn, Mon Jun 29 20:00:40 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - SoLA, Mon Jun 29 20:58:18 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - LloydHeilbrunn, Mon Jun 29 21:08:34 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - SoLA, Mon Jun 29 21:26:07 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - dan felice, Tue Jun 30 13:34:49 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - monklet, Wed Jul 1 09:58:48 2009
• i'm going in.......... - dan felice, Thu Jul 2 04:36:08 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - Snakesunlimited1, Mon Jun 29 20:58:26 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - tmshaffer, Tue Jun 30 05:47:05 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - Snakesunlimited1, Thu Jul 2 12:16:23 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - Snakesunlimited1, Thu Jul 2 21:59:13 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - LloydHeilbrunn, Thu Jul 2 22:03:03 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - Snakesunlimited1, Fri Jul 3 00:28:25 2009
• lloyd, - dan felice, Fri Jul 3 11:08:42 2009
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• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - BillyBoy, Tue Jun 30 12:16:24 2009
• RE: It's a Plane, It's a Bird! - tokaysrnice, Sat Jul 4 13:40:07 2009