That's right Bill, those are indeed things that can elicit a good feeding response from some that would ordinarily be reluctant to go for a F/T offering.

A funny thing, I even have a 2007 Honduran that will STILL not accept a F/T mouse unless it has been brained and then smeared very liberally onto the head/face area first. Interestingly enough, it's sibling sister also would NOT EVER accept ANYTHING F/T, no matter what tricks were ever tried, even if just freshly killed 10 seconds prior and wiggled iradically with long tongs along the cage as if it were definitely alive. It had to be live and actually breathing air, or else she would not even give it a second look..LOL! She would pound a live mouse the second it hit the floor of the cage however. I took serious note to how she reacted(or a lack thereof)to both types of prey for a long, long time, and I actually think she must have solely gotten her scent cues from the carbon dioxide itself that was expelled from the lungs and skin of the prey animal more than anything else!!

I have owned and bred many countless hundreds and hundreds of differnt snakes over the course of many years, and a few individuals like these are very uncommon to come across. Usually they learn to accept F/T prey by itself after a very short while, but some can be extremely choosy when they want to be for the rest of their lives as you know...LOL!

I'm certainly not saying the poster's snake will be like those two individuals were, far from it I would think. I was merely pointing out how extreme a very small number of snakes can be once in a very great while, and I am betting you have had a good number of experiences like this too over the years yourself.

Just like any other living animal, or human for that matter, certain individuals can sometimes be virtually impossible to sway from their stubborn ways it seems..LOL!


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