My snake will not eat mice. He will eat anoles tho. I want to know if there is anyway I can get him to eat mice again. Anoles are alittle pricy. Also is there a way to force feed? Thanks ahead of time.
Chuck
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Snake will only eat anoles (lizards)
football9755
May 25, 2003 10:21 AM
Replies (3)
drako32186
May 25, 2003 12:11 PM
I'm not horribly experienced with corns (yet) but at first, mine only ate anoles. If you haven't yet, you should try scenting a mouse (rubbing the mouse on an anole). That's what got mine going and now she eats like a cow...sort of. There also are drops that smell like anoles that I've seen at a pet store.
Also, there are ways to force feed, but I'd only use that as a last resort if I were you. It can be rather stressful for both you and the snake.
-Drako
DogStar
May 25, 2003 03:04 PM
This works well. You can also take a bit of the anole skin and place it on the mouses head. I had a baby that needed to eat scented mice, and so i took a bunch of pinkies and put them in a ziplock with an anole, kinda squished them all around and froze it that way. So I had ready scented pinkies for the snake. eventually I stopped feeding the scented ones and she switched very easily and now eats everything I give her
Good luck
DogStar
draybar
May 25, 2003 05:55 PM
>>My snake will not eat mice. He will eat anoles tho. I want to know if there is anyway I can get him to eat mice again. Anoles are alittle pricy. Also is there a way to force feed? Thanks ahead of time.
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>>Chuck
In addition to the ideas mentioned you can also try putting a small piece of an Anole's tail in a pinkie's mouth.
This can also help.
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Jimmy (draybar)
