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draybar
at Sat Oct 30 19:05:44 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by draybar ]
>>You know, in twenty some years of doing this I've never had a snake that steadfastly refused f/t food. Now I've got one, and I must say i lack the experience to fix it. I've tried a few things. Anyone have like an ancient Chinese secret or something?
I know this was already mentioned but my method is pretty basic when I want to switch a live feeder over to f/t. (usually wild caught)
I always take my time, I don't try to rush it. I like to keep them on live until I get them settled (tamed) and to a point that they can be handled. Once I get them to this point then I start to switch them over. Kind of bad but first I will start with partially stunned...Incapacitated enough not to run but still twitching. After several feedings with "twitching" I will move to freshly killed (smacked hard enough to kill) after a few feedings like this I will then kill the prey and leave it sit for an hour or so and then offer it. After a few feedings like this a frozen thawed is usually taken without hesitation. Sometimes it doesn't take this long but the few times they refused early I went to this method and have never had one that didn't switch over.
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RE: Switching from live to frozen - draybar, Sat Oct 30 19:05:44 2010