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Tonights trials of trying to get this green to eat.

Since she was out and about for once, I decided to offer her a live pre weaned rat, since I was recently given a bunch. After a bit of teasing, she actually grabbed it, constricted, and killed it. After holding onto it for a good 20 mins, she totally lost interest. ARG!

Ok.. next weekend, trying chicken broth and teasing. She's getting REALLY thin, so she has to eat sometime. If nothing else works, then I guess I have no other choice but to offer her more goldfish. *sighs*
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Hello, my name is Brie.. And i'm an addict..

DarkWave Exotics

Currently keeping:
1.2 southern scrub pythons
1.0 reticulated python
1.0 albino burmese python
1.1 jungle carpet pythons
1.0 irian jaya carpet python
0.1 blood python
3.0 ball pythons
0.1 green anaconda
1.2 amazon tree boas
1.0 colombian redtail boas
1.1 argentine boas
1.0 sonoran boa
1.0 cancun boa
0.1 sunbeam snake
1.2 albino and het albino chinese beauty snakes
1.2 taiwan beauties
6.6 cornsnakes
0.0.1 albino checkered gartersnake
3 sandfire bearded dragons
0.1 nile monitor
1.0 savannah monitor

and lots of bugs, furry critters, fish and birds

I'm very surprised that she took the rat, as few newborn greens will respond to tease feeding. But it is great that she did take it, as it shows she is getting an appetite. If she does grab and constrict a rat again, go ahead and leave it in with her for a day and don't disturb her. I have seen a few young greens make a kill and come back and eat it 12 to 18 hours later. As I stated earlier if she continues to pass on rodents, go back to the goldfish, as she has shown that she will eat them. Just give her what she will eat for now. Once you get her to feed a few times things will start going smoother.

Kelly

Maybe try chicks, I've heard they work for young anacondas.

` Hey Brie; a friend's young Rock Python got away, a few years ago. She was really upset, and searched for months. TWO years later, during a home remodel, the snake was found inside a partition wall. It was skin and bones, not much else, but alive. It recovered and is still growing! It is also a very tame, and gentle critter.
` The fact that your Anaconda killed the prey says to me that she knows what's going on. What you are going through is quite common with baby Anacondas. If she's hiding, most of the time, she may just need more time to adjust. Their instinct tells them that they are most vulnerable when eating, then digesting. Does she seem calm when you remove her from the cage, and handle her?
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