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In my determination to avoid problems later, I am only offerng my female Jungle rats. I bought her two weeks ago, offered p/k and live a week later, she did not respond at all. Last night I offered her live, and she constricted it, attempted to eat it, and stopped halfway through when she couldn't get it down. Very disappointing. Today I tried a slightly smaller rat, also constricted, but not eaten. Guess I'll just have to wait her out. She is about 4 feet plus.

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0.0.1 Snow Corn
1.0 Ghosts
0.0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python

at four feet the snake may have already made up it's mind about rats. My big girl will kill anything I put in her cage, or constrict frozen thawed rather, but will never eat a rat. It's fairly common for them to do this but good luck.

I don't think that will be the case. She actually tried eating the first rat, but it was too thick. I have trouble getting small rats. Since then she's been very active, cruising arounds at nights now, hopefully there'll be a smaller rat when I attempt to feed her again on friday.
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0.0.1 Snow Corn
1.0 Ghosts
0.0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python

My IJ carpets will both refuse rats. When it got to 5 mice a week, I tried the female on small rabbits, which she loves. It gave her a big growth spurt. Take it to the vet to make sure there aren't any physical problems. A 4' carpet can eat a medium sized rat w/no problems.
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1.1 Blackheaded pythons
1.1 Woma (Juvie female)
2.1 Aussie Olives
1.1 Timors
1.0 Angolan Juvie
1.1 Savu
1.1 Juvie Bloods
1.1 Juvie Balls
1.1 IJ Carpets
1.1 Coastal Carpets
1.2 Macklotts
1.1 Papuan Olives
1.0 Jungle Carpet
2.2 Scrubs (on breeding loan)
0.1 Jungle/Diamond cross
0.1 child, CB
0.1 wife, WC

If you have no luck after a couple more tries, you might consider scenting it with mouse. I raise both rats and mice and I just roll the rat around in the mouse wood shavings substrate to stink it up real good and then offer it to the JCP. After a couple weeks of that they usually take it without scenting. Nice looking JCP!
Good luck,
Kirk

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1.1 Jungle Carpet Python (both gorgeous)
1.1 Ball Python (normals, he said proudly)
3.3 hatchling ball pythons (normals)
1.1 Ball Python (het for albino)(gonna make my own albino)
1.1 Corn Snake (Okeetee, Sunglow x Snow)
0.1 Gray band Kingsnake (Blairs)
1.1 Desert Kingsnake
1.1 Pueblan Milksnake (normal)(Apricot)
1.1 Andean Milksnake (Inca phase) (het)
1.0 Bullsnake (normal)(my garbage disposal snake)
1.1 Bullsnake (red bulls)
0.1 Black Pine Snake need '05 mate!
1.1 Southern Snow Pine (snow)(red phase snow)
1.1 Mexican Pine snake
1.2 Checkered garter snakes (albino pair & het female)
1.0 Rhodesian Ridgeback (Hondo)
0.1 Spouse (WC)(hates the herps,and not real crazy about the dog)