That's a very handsome EDB! We had a similar concern with our 4 year old EDB who until about a year ago would only take frozen/thawed rodents if it was warmed up in a microwave for about 8 seconds prior to being fed; drove us crazy (that's a practice I typically do not condone as you can create dangerously hot internal core temps in the prey animals - we actually check the inner core with a thermometer before feeding when I have to do this). Now, he takes frozen/thawed at room temp like there's no tomorrow. They are a finicky bunch at times but I can't think of a more stunning rattler than the adamanteus.



Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center





>>My '06 EDB took its first rat day before yesterday. It ate a medium frozen-thawed rat in lieu of its usual 2 jumbo mice. I had posted below regarding concerns I had of this snake preferring mice only into adulthood. Looks like my feeding worries with this one are mostly over.

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>>Regards,

>>WK

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Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Lake Forest, IL

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