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Ben_Renick
at Fri Mar 4 16:04:53 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Ben_Renick ]
I've recently aquired a 5' albino burmese python. I've had it for about 2 weeks and not been able to get it to eat f/t yet. It's temps, humidity, and everything are fine. He isn't about to shed yet, probably will start being ready after his next meal. I emailed the person that sold it to me to ask if it was a shy eater, he said he was just recently able to get him to eat a f/t large rat. Maybe being shipped stressed him out a little. But he told me that I might want to try a live med. rat, and then after he eats that I might be able to get him on frozen. I'm really not one to feed live rats to anything ever, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this with no way of hurting the snake. Should I stun the rat, kill it on my own and then try, or what should I do to give the live rat to him but try to get a 0% chance of harm coming to the snake. I know it's only been two weeks and I have nothing to worry about, but I'm just looking for ways to see what I can do. I've really never had to stun or kill a rat either, so if those are ways, could you explain how to maybe do so for me. Or any advice to get him to eat a frozen also. My usual steps are to thaw it completely out, grab it with tongs and dangle it in front of the snake, usually the snake will strike at it before I even get to wiggle it around too much. But let me know, and thanks for any help! (By the way, I'm sorry I put a pic of one of my condas on here, I just like to post pics with my posts:S)
~Ben
0.1 Green x Yellow Anaconda
1.0 Green Anaconda
1.0 Yellow Anaconda
0.1 Albino Burmese Python
~Ben
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 Just a little help with feeding - Ben_Renick, Fri Mar 4 16:04:53 2005 
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