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RE: convert from live to prekilled or frozen food

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Posted by: Sonya at Tue May 27 17:55:33 2003   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Sonya ]  
   

>>I am looking at an adult, or sub adult ball and they have been feeding it live med sized rats. From what I have been reading I should stay with prekilled or frozen/thawed food. How hard is it going to be to get a snake this age to switch? Any ideas/tips/pointers etc?

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>>Thanks.



No idea how stubborn yours will be but what I do is....

Start by offering a F/T dangled. Some silly snakes don't know they shouldn't just go for it and will. I have a Children's that would only take live for the other owner. Took stone cold dead (well, not cold....but you know) right off the bat for me and so far hasn't missed a meal since.

But, should that not work I would try teaching it to take a live animal dangled from hemostats (tweekers are the tech term in this house) Once it takes them then start with prekilling and dangling. Then work to F/T. Works for me.
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