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Ok.. I've had the Baby Burm for a few months now and seems to ONLY eat live/ pre-killed, but I was told when I bought him he ate F/T. (lies I think) So I took a few suggestion ideas and one of them was to wait about 3 weeks before feeding the little guy so I did and tonight was the last day of the 3 weeks so I thawed a small rat, and again he just turns his nose up and crawls away from it. I have tried pushing the thawed rat in his mouth after he eats a pre-killed one and it only worked once.. every other time (only 3 times) he spit them right back out. Either this guy just doesn't want some thawed meat or he's going to be a real tough one to get onto thawed.. I hate thowing all these rats away though. I have seen a couple of debates on other sites about this BUT.. Would it be okay to re-freeze and thaw later? I feel I bought these 40 rats (frozen) for nothing b/c the guy that sold me the burm lied to me. Sorry if I seem so negative i'm just frustrated atm. Please any info would help. Thanks

I know what you mean i have a retic that will only eat live(she's never been left alone no bites). But now that she's taking rats i'm trying to use chicken broth to get her to take f/t because I dont want to take the chance of her getting bit by a rat Ive heard this works well . good luck.

Be patient...hunger will soon take over. When switching to f/t, I use long feeding tongs....18", and make the thawed prey do a little dance in front of the snake...not touching....just where they can sense there is movement.
Usually with a burm this does'nt take much.
Keep your prey warm, tease your snake, and most of all check your husbandry. Temps, humidity...etc.
In time, your burm will eat. I do not have any snakes now that I have to do the tease thing with. I drop the prey in the cage, and they eat it. Usually without bothering to constrict.

You think thats frustrating? I have a Ball Python that hasnt eaten in over half a year! Thankfully, all the rodents my Ball has been turning down goes to my Burm so I dont waste anything. He's like a garbage disposal, I swear he will eat lunch meat if I put it in there.

>>Ok.. I've had the Baby Burm for a few months now and seems to ONLY eat live/ pre-killed, but I was told when I bought him he ate F/T. (lies I think) So I took a few suggestion ideas and one of them was to wait about 3 weeks before feeding the little guy so I did and tonight was the last day of the 3 weeks so I thawed a small rat, and again he just turns his nose up and crawls away from it. I have tried pushing the thawed rat in his mouth after he eats a pre-killed one and it only worked once.. every other time (only 3 times) he spit them right back out. Either this guy just doesn't want some thawed meat or he's going to be a real tough one to get onto thawed.. I hate thowing all these rats away though. I have seen a couple of debates on other sites about this BUT.. Would it be okay to re-freeze and thaw later? I feel I bought these 40 rats (frozen) for nothing b/c the guy that sold me the burm lied to me. Sorry if I seem so negative i'm just frustrated atm. Please any info would help. Thanks

I have the same problem with my balls ( there's a joke in there somewhere). RTB's do the same thing...good thing I have garbage cans known as burms. They get the leftovers.
Never had a complaint either.
I also have an adult pyxie frog that reaps of the benefits of the others not eating.
Be patient. Your burm will eat.