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Was referred by someone in the Python forum, to pop in over here with a question I had in that forum, here's the exact post...
Picked up a young female African Rock at a show last week, and been having some issues feeding her. Hasnt been too long yet, so not overly concerned, but just trying to make sure I have plenty of ideas for if I need to use them. So far I've tried fresh killed, F/T, and tried live tonight. Have tried both mice, and a rat. As far as I know, she's CB. Any suggestions?
All I can say is that rocks can be pretty high strung and that maybe she just needs a longer adjustment period. Just be patient and let her acclimate to her new environment for another week or two and then try her with a nice juicy medium rat (she sounds about 3 or 4 feet by the description of being "young", being offered mice, but probably being an 03 animal as it is still too early in 04 for her to be a baby).
Rock pythons are really intelligent for snakes and she will soon learn about her new home and about you. It won't take long.
>>Was referred by someone in the Python forum, to pop in over here with a question I had in that forum, here's the exact post...
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>>Picked up a young female African Rock at a show last week, and been having some issues feeding her. Hasnt been too long yet, so not overly concerned, but just trying to make sure I have plenty of ideas for if I need to use them. So far I've tried fresh killed, F/T, and tried live tonight. Have tried both mice, and a rat. As far as I know, she's CB. Any suggestions?
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Believe in yourself and your abilities and you can accomplish anything.
Yeah, she's an 03, and about 3.5ft long. I was thinking she just needed time. Seems really healthy otherwise, aside from the fact that she now has a bit of skin missing near her tail from the damn mouse I put in there the other day, she did grab it a couple times, but never got a good hold on it, and it chomped into her pretty good once. After about 25 mins, I took it out, whacked it, and tossed it in the freezer for something else that will eat it. I'll attach a pic of her here.
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