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last time I offered mice and chicken neck, today fish and next time rats... I'd like if all my snakes would eat all that my indigos eat (but not so much! )
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nazzza

If you find they are troublesome feeders, fish seems a good place to start. I have a troublesome Y/T. Fish seems to be the answer so far (thanks OH). Makes for messy clean-ups but at least he eats on his own. Beats tube feeding.

Regards,
Jeff Nichols

Actually that sardine might have been OK on my dinner table as well. LOL...

Regards,
Jeff Nichols

true glutton for punishment!
All of my Drys relish the trout I feed them twice per month. However, I dread entering their facility two days afterward, and for a few, the very next day!
True gluttons feed their Drys fish followed up with quail egg chasers!!

Jeff

Jeff,

Curious... a routine you have established or a feeding stimulant? Mine seem OK for the most part with F/T rodents but there are those that seem reluctant... Fish seems to stimulate them. Do you scent at non-fish feeding times?

Regards.
Jeff Nichols

Jeff,

I didn't address your direct question earlier.
All of my adult Drys take F/T rodents readily, without scenting.
I try to offer the most varied diet possible for my Drys, and
my adults are fed twice weekly. F/T rats make up the bulk of their diet, as these are offered once per week. I always offer something different, such as quail, chicken, trout or baby rabbits for their second weekly feeding and eggs are offered every other week.
All of my juvenile specimens, neonate until two years of age, are fed three times weekly following a rodent/alternative item/rodent schedule one week and an alternative item/rodent/alternative item schedule the next week.

Jeff