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Ok, ok, sorry to get all sappy, but I was just about to give up on my new BRB, but Jeff convinced me to keep trying and it will pay off. Well after almost 5 1/2 weeks my BRB finally ate!! He ate a live adult mouse tonight. He ignored it for about 20 minutes, but he finally killed and ate it.

I will probably offer another live meal in a week and if he eats it right away I will try and switch to F/T. Once he is eating regularly (weekly for a couple of months) I will try and move him back to the tub rack he was in originally.

I know I'm not out of the woods yet, but I'm over the hump now that he has eaten.

Thanks again to Jeff and everyone who offered advice.

Nick

>>Ok, ok, sorry to get all sappy, but I was just about to give up on my new BRB, but Jeff convinced me to keep trying and it will pay off. Well after almost 5 1/2 weeks my BRB finally ate!! He ate a live adult mouse tonight. He ignored it for about 20 minutes, but he finally killed and ate it.
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>>I will probably offer another live meal in a week and if he eats it right away I will try and switch to F/T. Once he is eating regularly (weekly for a couple of months) I will try and move him back to the tub rack he was in originally.
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>>I know I'm not out of the woods yet, but I'm over the hump now that he has eaten.
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>>Thanks again to Jeff and everyone who offered advice.
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>>Nick

You might wanna try giving it more mice next time (if appropriate for your animals size). Once they go in kill mode they usually dont have problems taking a few extra down after the first one. And if it hasn't eaten in awhile it will be good for the animal to eat more. I know if its not eating its annoying to buy multilple mice and stuff and then it not eat any...just trying to help tho
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior

I saw a pic of the size of your animal and a post with the age. One mouse is definately enough! Sorry for the confusion.

-J
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior