Personally I had a ball like that too, wouldn't eat anything but live gerbils... I really didn't like doing this, dangerous for the snake! So I did what I could to get him onto f/t gerbils for a while - As in, I'd stun the gerbils and throw them in for a while, then put killed ones in and move them about with long tongs, then just threw the dead ones in. After a while of that I started freezing the dead gerbils with dead rats (with some 'dirty' gerbil bedding). I offered a gerbil out of that, he took it... I offered a rat out of that, and with prompting he took it... I offered another rat (the next week) after that and he refused, so I offered a gerbil that was sort of scented like a rat, he took it... Went on and on until now all I have to do is put a dead f/t rat in and he'll eat it... If nothing else these critters teach you patience, thats all you really need... Anywho, those are my 2 pennies in this situation.

-Sara

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