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Just picked up a new hatchling male Brazilian Rainbow Boa, or should I say my wife did. I have raised several boas in past and python. Been away from snakes for about 5 years now, and always before fed live animals. But I do not want to do this ever again. So any tips on feeding frozen thawed would be greatly appreciated. Will post pics soon.

Give the snake a chance to settle in (about a week). Feed the snake at night since that's when they're most active, in a dark room and with minimal distubance. It helps when feeding frozen thawed to warm them up to near 100 degrees. I thaw my mice in very hot water (from the tap) and then dry them a little and offer with tongs. If they're hungry, they'll grab them pretty quick. If the snake doesn't take the prey item from the tongs, I usually just lay it on top of the hide box and they'll come out and eat overnight. Be patient, the snake may need to miss a couple of meals to get hungry enough to eat dead prey. My pair came to me eating only live mice and I got them both switched to f/t over the course of a few months. The male accepted dead prey after a couple of feedings, the female however took a couple of months.
Lora

Put the frozen pinkie in hot water until it is thawed. Make sure that it isn't too hot to eat! It should be a little warm to the touch. Put the brb in a small feeding tank. Leave the pinkie in there for about 5 minutes. If the snake hasn't eatten it yet, put it back in the warm water to heat it up. Then take some feeding tongs and "tease" it. The snake should snap at the pinkie when you tease it, then recognise that it is food, then it will probably constict it. If it doesn't eat the pinky and after all this, you can't refreeze the food, it can only be thawed out once or it'll go bad, so just throw it away. In my experience most of my hatchling brb have only eatten live food, then when they got older took frozen. Scroll down older forum messeges and there is other info on this subject. Good luck!

thx

No luck on first feeding, moves around alot during the day and almost none stop at night so far. I will try again in the next few days to feed him. If it goes a week or two i will get live fuzzys to try and then try switching over later. damn i really dont ever want to feed live again. Thank you your help thus far.