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Bolitochrome
at Thu Apr 19 09:25:07 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bolitochrome ]
Other things you could try:
Different temperatures of the F/T prey items. All warmer, all cooler, head warmer than the body, etc.
The ZOMBIE DANCE! Sometimes a snake likes to hunt. Make that little dead mouse bounce around for a bit and maybe he will become more interested.
Have you tried F/T Rats yet? He might have a taste for rats that mice doesn't fill. If you still prefer to buy mice, you could buy just a few rats to keep in the bag with the mice and see if that would scent them enough.
Wait him out. Adult males don't need many calories, they don't grow as large, and are usually happy waiting for the PERFECT meal.
Let me know if you find a great way to get him converted! I am working on a large batch of snakes at the moment that I need to get to F/T. Best of luck to you!
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26 year old 0.1 from Lincoln, NE
Ball Pythons - 0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma, 0.1 Yellowbelly, 2.1 Normals
Kingsnakes - 1.0 L. m. thayeri, 0.1 L. m. thayeri X L. alterna, 1.0 L. g. californiae
Other - 0.1 Whitesided P. catenifer sayi, 1.0 H. nascicus, ?.? Chrysemys picta, 1.0 husband
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RE: Feeding Issue - Bolitochrome, Thu Apr 19 09:25:07 2012