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Switching to f/t

Buffysmom Nov 05, 2007 08:58 AM

I'm not sure if this is the right forum for my question, but you all seem quite knowlegable.
I could use some advice on switching baby/young snakes from live to f/t rodents. I seem to suck at it. I warm up the prey, I've tried moving it around like it's alive, I've tried leaving them in a small, dark container with it. I'm just not having success...
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Robins Critters
1.0 Corn snake Jack Skellington
1.0 Hog Island Boas Harley
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa Kenya
1.0 Tricolor Hognose Yoshi
0.2 Leopard Geckos Tang & Roxy
1.2 Crested Geckos Fox Mulder, Zoe & Peek
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo
1.1 Eastern Box Turtles Squirtle & Yurtle
1.1 Pacman Frogs CamoFrog & Buffy the Cricket Slayer
1.0 Southern Toad L.T.-Little Toad
0.2 Tiger Salamanders Tiger & Sally
1.1 Mossy Frogs Kermit & Kate Mossy
1.1 Firebelly Newts Wayne Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

Replies (3)

GrotesqueBurgess Nov 16, 2007 07:36 PM

try dipping the feeders into un-salted chicken broth, or making a hole in the skull and squeezing out brain matter, or making it a little warmer than a live rodent. I had a snake that would only eat the feeders if they were pretty darn warm, almost hot. A lot of people swear by the chicken broth thing.

What kind of baby snakes?
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

Buffysmom Nov 16, 2007 10:08 PM

Thank you. Right now it's a baby Kenyan Sand Boa, but I've also struggled switching Hog Island boas. I'll try those suggestions.
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Robins Critters
1.0 Corn snake Jack Skellington
1.0 Hog Island Boas Harley
0.1 Albino Sonoran Gopher Snake Jasmine
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa Kenya
1.0 Tricolor Hognose Yoshi
0.2 Leopard Geckos Tang & Roxy
1.2 Crested Geckos Fox Mulder, Zoe & Peek
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo
1.1 Eastern Box Turtles Squirtle & Yurtle
1.1 Pacman Frogs CamoFrog & Buffy the Cricket Slayer
1.0 Southern Toad L.T.-Little Toad
0.2 Tiger Salamanders Tiger & Sally
1.1 Mossy Frogs Kermit & Kate Mossy
1.1 Firebelly Newts Wayne Newton & Thandie Newton
1.1 Cats Gus & Mena

GrotesqueBurgess Nov 17, 2007 05:48 PM

Let us all know how it goes
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~Sara~
"If you look down on me, I am evil, If you look up to me, I am God, if you look straight at me, I Am you"
-Charles Manson

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