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Anybody else ever notice that your F/T eaters eat more frequenly than live eaters? I have a girl that I just switched over to F/T she's been eating a live small rat once a week for like the past 4 months, now that I've switched her to f/t she's hungry again 4 days later. I even tested the theory and fed her a fresh killed last time and she went 7 days, then when I fed her a f/t she was out again after 4 days acting like she was starving! I've also notice several of my others that I feed p/k to, if I give the f/t they will be hungry again sooner. Does anyone know why?
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Tosha

8.15.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and currently un-named)
1.0.0 Angolan Python
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Dessert Tortoise (Pope)
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.3 Lizards rescued from pool skimmer

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They are your standard F/T rats and it's not just one rat, one time, or one snake it's a trend I've seen with several of my snakes. Just wondering if anyone knew why.
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Tosha

8.15.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and currently un-named)
1.0.0 Angolan Python
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Dessert Tortoise (Pope)
2.2.1 Fish (1,2,3,4)
0.0.3 Lizards rescued from pool skimmer

Wierd. I have a male that is the opposite of that. He'll eat a f/t and not be interested for over 2 wks., but if you feed him live he eats em' like popcorn. I've often thought to myself about the different "feeding questions". There are so many of us who do it right, temps, humidity, ect. that still have questions about the "difficult eater". I'm wondering if altitude has anything to do with it. It's the whole, water boils at 212 deg. however it will take more energy to get that water to boil in Denver Co. (over 5000 ft. above sea level) than it will in Gaveston Tx. (sea level).

I love this site! I always go away thinking.

from what I have read (and remember I am the idiot that cleared out the nice aspen because my ball is going into shed! ugh). The frozen rats and mice expand when they freeze (drawing in water from the air). When they are thawed and then eaten there is more water in it, therefore they are not as filled up... once again could be complete cra* but that is what I found. At work we run into the same problem when we mix concrete... cold and then warmed contains less mass than it started with.

Thanks for the help yesturday on the sheding!

Funny, I've observed over the years the EXACT opposite.
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