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I purchased a Green by mail from LLLReptile. She is now approx 4 months and I have had her for about 5 wks now and she has yet to eat any of my offerings. I was told she was feeding on large mice and after 2 wks attempted to give her a common mouse. She refused it. Since I have tried a f/t mouse dipped in chicken broth and a p/k mouse she has refused both. I am open to any suggestions.

I know of several methods that have worked for me.
1. frozen thawed chicks, "available at rodent pro"
2. Adult F/T or Fresh killed mouse heavily scented with a thawed chick.
3. put the snake in a small plastic container, "sweater or shoe box" add about 1/8 inch of water,let the snake settle for about 30 minutes and then put a live mouse in with it.
all of these methods have worked for me. I currently have a 3-4 month old female green that will accept a F/T or Fresh killed mouse that I have rubbed all over a F/T Chick. She takes it every time. I usually just set it next to her and come back in the morning and it is always gone. But tonight she actually took it from the tongs....hope this helps. if you have other questions feel free to email me at mcbrayerreptiles@yahoo.com.
Justin

I've had mine for about 21 months & for the first 2or3 months she wouldn't eat. Then one day she just started eating. Maybe it just takes a while for them to relax & be comfortable enough to eat. She also will not touch rats & only eats mice & fowl, maybe that's the problem.

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put the snake in a small,dark vivarium/container with just a piece of bark and a small plastic water container.Cover the water container with a good amount of plastic plants.The snake will undoubtedly enter the water tub and stay in there hiding.Leave it completely alone for a a few days(the longer the better)then place a dead bird(canary and zebra finches work best)amongst the plants and leave overnight.This method seems to work very well,you can do the same thing using mice and chicks however it will take longer for the snake to begin feeding.Once it feeds like this a couple of times you can switch it over to rat pups-always go to rats asap as anacondas sometimes specialise in one type of prey item and will not eat anyhting else.

I had a neonate green that ate one gerbil and then ate nothing for 15 months - during that time I force fed two small mice, changed environment a number of times and tried all tricks - such as 'braining' a mouse, chick, live bird (zebra finch), scented, even tried a live mouse once, gerbils, hamsters etc etc.

The snake never really changed in condition over that time and must have shed at least 4 times - used to soak in water bowl and generally behaved like a well snake - apart from feeding.

One day I took a 24 hour old mouse out of a viv that my small boas were in and threw it in with the conda - it took it straight away and just needed meat to be putrifying a little - its not missed a feed since and in the 12 months that it has been feeding has grown to 6ft.

Patience is the key and don't give up.

Carl