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I got a 2008 JCP male that only eats mice. It's starting to be a pain because I have to feed it 4 adult mice every feeding and it's depleting my frozen mice. Unfortunately he won't touch rats, so I'm thinking maybe guinea pigs or quail. Is there anything else I can try?
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Feed it a couple quail, then thaw one out on top of a rat and stick a few feathers in the rats mouth! Gradually, wean it off the quail smell!

Ok, sounds good. I'll give it a try and let you know how it goes. Thanks!
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1.2 Chihuahua's
0.1 Cockatiel
1.1 Normal BCI Colombian Boa
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
1.0 Woma Python
1.0 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat Snake
1.1 Hypo Everglades Rat Snake
0.1 Mexican Black King snake
1.0 Sunglow Corn Snake
1.0 Sunglow Motley Corn Snake
1.0 Coral Snow Corn Snake
1.0 Bearded Dragon
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink
0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
0.0.2 Emporer Scorpion
0.0.1 Ghost Knife
Assorted Tropical Fish

I have had good luck with thawing mice on top of rats.... rub the mice all over the rat. Let the snake get a little hungry too.

Doesn't always work, but it is worth a try.

-Chris
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Christopher E. Smith
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I have a male jag sib that will strike, coil and then drop a rat and sit waiting forever for his mice. No amount of scenting with mouse, mouse bedding, chicken fat will get him to eat a rat. I might have to try the quail or chick trick though. I sure as heck don't want to have to stuff him with mice when he reaches 6-7'.
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Let him get a bit hungry. Feed him a warm, F/T mouse on the small size to get the feeding response/eating response going. As soon as he swallows the mouse give him a warm F/T rat, again small. Usually after gobbling up the mouse they will just eat the rat. Do this several times if it works and the snake may acquire a taste for rats. Good luck with this. Bill
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