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I acquired a 14 ft female burm two and half months ago. She ate a f/t rat within the first two weeks and hasn't eaten anything since. I have offered her f/t guinea pigs, a live guinea pig, f/t rats, and now a live rat. Her previous owner was feeding her chickens, and I do not have a source for them. She has the live rat in there with her now and she "noses" it and watches it walk around, but when it sniffs her, she startles. What can I possibly do to make her eat?
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Spider

Some snakes starting eating one prey item, the don't like to change. You may have to find a mail order place to get frozen chickens. You could also try a rabbit. As for getting her to eat rats, try getting some used rat bedding from your local pet shop and put it in her enclosure. Let her smell it for a week or so and then try. That's the best advise I can give--don't know anything about burms. Good luck.

Get some chicken broth, warm it up, then dip a thawed rat in the broth for 10 minutes! Present and serve!

warm enough?
roomy enough cage?
no real bothering outside smells or noises or lights?
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comfortable warm burms usually eat anything and everything...

.....as said...chicken broth if needed........worse...chicken skin on a rat.......not fried....

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Humans, a stupid animal ,involved heavily upon screwing up the world....................

I second the chicken broth idea.

Also, Burms are not in the Morelia genus, so you may have more luck in the Python forum.
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"He who would stifle debate rather than engage in it, does so at the expense of his integrity and credibility"

Mike Curtin

OR, go to the grocery store and buy a roaster. It should eat that. Use a paper plate, so that if it doesn't...you CAN! lol