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my yearling has been eating 2 jumbos every 5 to 7days, and now i'm trying to get him on a rabbit diet. He's used to frozen thawed, I thawed out a rabbit last night "same size as a jumbo", and he went up to it, sniffed it a few times over the course of a couple hours, (looked like he was going for it) but didn't eat it. I'm wondering if i should rub a rat on the rabbit for the scent, or just keep offering a rabbit until he decides he's hungry enough to chance it. any other tips would be greatly appreciated

What species?

Two jumbos every 5 to 7 days sounds like you are overfeeding your snake..alot!
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he's a one year old burmese python, the rats are less than the size of his girth, and he's about 7'long, any suggestions on getting him on a rabbit diet?????

Throw a live rabbit in there just to get him going and switch him back to froze after he gets the taste and smell of it. Burmese aren't hard to get eating pretty much anything so switching him back to frozen shouldn't be an issue. That, or just give him a week or two more of not eating and then get another frozen/thawed rabbit and dance it around the cage for him...don't just lay it in there....shouldn't be to difficult.

Jason

Feeding a live rabbit to a burm that is used to eating frozen thawed is a great way to get your snake hurt. Its also a great way to scare your snake into never wanting anything to do with a rabbit again.

The post below is right. Offer a rat first and then offer the rabbit scented with a rat. You can just rub them together but it would be best to get some rat blood/guts on the nose of the rabbit. Do that a few times and then just offer the rabbit. Waiting a few days longer than usual between feedings won't hurt your cause either.

I'm sure you feed him multiple rats now. Feed him a rat. Get him in the "feed mode". Instead of a second rat, offer the rabbit. He'll take to the scent and flavor.

I do this when changing from mice to rats with picky little ones.

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