ever since i bought her last summer my little Smo'ore has beent eh pickiest eater I have ever seen she wouldn't eat any thing that didnt move enough she wouldnt even eat baby mice that were alive if they didn't move. Once she headbutted a mouse to see if it would squeek. I put her in a brown bag with a ft rat this morning AND SHE ATE
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SHE FINALLY ATE FT
ASK
May 08, 2004 01:02 PM
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ginevive
May 08, 2004 03:55 PM
Cool! I am definately convinced that 99 percent or more of BPs can be coaxed to eat f/t. My shy little Octavia finally accepted a f/t also. She did not even bother to constrict it. No constricting = less energy wasted = a faster-growing snake?
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spydergirl
May 08, 2004 08:39 PM
Im so glad to hear!!! My younger BP has always accepted Prekilled(but not FT...?) but i have to jiggle it around a little,its still better then a live mouse! For awhile all he would take was fuzzies(even though hes almost 3 ft long now)then live mice,then he stopped live mice,went back to fuzzies,then went back to prekilled. What a pain! With my adult BP, at first i gave him 3 weeks till i fed him,so he was really hungry. then i threw in a live gerbil,and he took it great! a week later i threw in a dead medium rat(with a little bit of "ketchup" outside of his hide box,woke him up,and he ate it down,and has 3 times since then.keep up the good work, how big is Smoore now?
