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I cant get my new female to eat.She had a first shed 2 weeks ago.Temps and humidity are perfect. She is not disturbed and in a quite place.Ive tried all the old tricks exept the lizard scenting.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

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If lead paint is so deadly why do they make it so delicious?

my problem feeders have both accepted rabbit 'scented' pinkies... just f/t pinkie mice that were thawed in the same water as rabbit pinkies. Worth a shot, if you have any snakes big enough to take a rabbit pinkie, and can get your hands on one. The rabbit I got was about the same size as a rat pup.

of course, my problm feeders were corn and black rat snakes, not radiateds, but I think it could be worth a shot...

I brought mine home and it ate immediately the first time and two subsequent times - i put it in a glass 10-gallon tanki with a heat lamp on it - I set the tank on the floor with a screen top. Mine just ate 'em up. However, last night, I had two people around, my husband and a friend, and he freaked out and wouldn't eat. I had just transferred his home to a larger aquarium, so I put the mouse in there (2 of them) overnight (after he refused to eat in the 10-gallon feed tank) and he ended up eating one of the 2 pinkies. I think they are very sensitive to change AND strangers - mine defense poops every time someone besides me comes around. I hold mine every day and feed him alone, with just him and me. I have taken pictures while he's eating and nothing seems to bother him. I'll let you know the next time I feed him if last night was a fluke. I have only had mine 2 weeks and have been desperate to get information!

Oh - also - I have been told by several people that they need high humidity. Well, I stopped doing that and he has been a different snake - I gave him more space, less humidity, and he has really been active, going all over, basking, moving, etc.

Also, I just got a book on rat snakes and it says that you can brain the pinkies (apparently, poking a hole in the brain allows some scent out that they recognize/like)?

Never tried rabbit before.Im thawing one out right now.Radiated rats are the the most spastic snakes Ive ever worked with.I can see how the got the nickname copperhead racers.Our local blue racer isnt this hyper.lol
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If lead paint is so deadly why do they make it so delicious?

You could try peromyscus mice, they have a different smell that I've heard works well on Asian rats. Expensive and hard to find though.
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