From my own personal experience, on top of everything mentioned here. i have a few 'shy' eaters that will not accept dangled prey but if left by the hidebox overnight ends up gone the next morning. The hardest snake i have to feed is a 4 year old ball python. It has an INCREDIBLE feeding response that scares the hell out of me. The first time i dangled F/T food in front of it was the last. It went straight past the mouse, up the tongs and wanted my 98.6 degree flesh. Live prey has never lasted more than 5 seconds after being dropped in. It will also not eat if prey is left overnight. The way i feed the snake right now is thaw out a rat all day. heat it under a lamp until it is alive temperature. Wait until i can drop the rat right in front of the door of the hide box. If i drop the rat to where it covers the door the snake comes shooting out with the rat in its mouth and constricts it. if i leave a gap it pokes its head out right past the rat as if its not even there. Ugh not fun.

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• Switching from live to frozen - tempest777, Wed Oct 27 16:43:12 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - BillMcgElaphe, Wed Oct 27 17:43:09 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - tbrock, Wed Oct 27 22:04:18 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - DMong, Wed Oct 27 22:22:42 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - tempest777, Thu Oct 28 15:04:33 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - Godfrey, Thu Oct 28 19:36:30 2010
• I agree Jim! - DMong, Thu Oct 28 23:30:42 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - BillMcgElaphe, Fri Oct 29 09:24:51 2010
• Oh, and one more question.. - BillMcgElaphe, Fri Oct 29 09:33:17 2010
• RE: Oh, and one more question.. - tempest777, Fri Oct 29 15:35:47 2010
• RE: Oh, and one more question.. - BillMcgElaphe, Fri Oct 29 23:24:00 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - draybar, Sat Oct 30 19:05:44 2010
• Thank you very much indeed! n/m - tempest777, Sun Oct 31 18:38:31 2010
• RE: Switching from live to frozen - johnthebaptist, Thu Nov 4 20:04:45 2010