Hey Doug,



Your reply got me to thinking...

I'd like to put together a list of every known way to get problem feeders to eat. I know several tricks myself, maybe more. But I'm working on an article for an educational reptile blog about problem feeders.



Here are the tricks I can think of off the top of my head:



-scent with lizard/fish/other known prey

-scent with pinky blood (this works very well for some of my hondos)

-de-scent pinky with soap

-switch from mice to pinky rats or vice versa

-scent mice with pinky rats

-split brain

-dip in chicken broth/tuna water

-put snake and food in paper bag or other small, opaque container and leave over night

-put prey just outside of hide box

-wiggle prey with hemostats

-try live prey

-try live prey followed by f/t

-bait and switch

-offer wild type prey (ei., lizards, non-lab mice)

-change substrate type (I've found that some snakes eat better with aspen than newspaper and vice versa)



I think I've used every one of these methods at least once.

Am I missing anything?
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