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RE: Switching from live to frozen

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Posted by: BillMcgElaphe at Wed Oct 27 17:43:09 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BillMcgElaphe ]  
   

You'll probably get several good responses here, but a few techniques that have worked for me on fickle adult animals were:
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1. Pulling off a patch of skin on the top of the warmed, dead rodent's head, and leave it overnight with the snake.
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2. Offer "treat" foods like pinks or day old quail to a large adult Rat Snake until the snake gets conditioned to expect food from you.
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3. Wiggle the warmed food on tongs at a reasonable distance for sight feeders.
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Good Luck
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Regards, Bill McGighan

   

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