hi, i have posted before regarding the size of my ball python female with respect as to what i should be feeding her on, the response i got back was that for her size she should be on small rats. up until this point she had been on 2 XL mice a week.
i tried her with a small rat, which she struck and constricted (this was a F/t rat) she tried to eat it, got it half way down, decided she couldnt manage it and spat it back at me...no problems i thought i'l just give her a smaller one next time,
so the week after came and i offered her a weaner rat...she wouldnt take it, so i waited until the next week, and she wouldnt take it, so i waited for a third week, yet she would not take a weaner rat. i decided that i couldnt let her go a month without food so defrosted her 2 XL mice yesterday...and she ate them both in under 10 minutes!
so now my qeustion...is it likly that she was traumatised by that first time trying a rat and now decided that she doesnt want to risk it again?...or could it be that she just doesnt like rats?? and if i cannot get her feeding on rats and i do not think that Mice are going to be adequate for her for her whole life...will F/t chicks be ok as a staple diet for her if i suppliment along with them?
also does anyone have any advise as to how i can try to get her to take rats again?
hope ya'll can help,
regards,
laura
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