I keep a lot of Nics and the first question I'd like to ask is what have you tried feeding it? I have several that only take live mice and I had another adult male that refused everything or so I thought. It seemed petrified of live prey and was increasingly becoming more aggressive towards me. Finally one night out of frustration I left a small f/t rat in the cage overnight and was surprised to see it gone the next morning. Like you, after three months of attempted feedings, I realized my impatience led me to not leave the prey in long enough for the animal to relax and take it. If you're constantly checking in on the animal or there's high traffic past the tank that can cause stress. As the animal got hungrier and hungrier the aggression only got worse. I've had more than one Nic do this so now I know better. My main problem now is how to get the live feeders on f/t. I hate feeding live mice to the stubborn ones that won't convert.

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• Nicaraguan Female. - Serpents_Embrace, Sun Apr 24 20:24:13 2005
• RE: Nicaraguan Female. - boidmorphs, Sun Apr 24 20:47:48 2005
• RE: Nicaraguan Female. - fossil, Sun Apr 24 20:57:57 2005