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HappyHillbilly
at Tue Sep 4 23:36:33 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by HappyHillbilly ]
Hi Laura!
Sounds as if your burm was pretty much starving to death when you first fed it the F/T. It also sounds like he was very interested in, but unsure of, the F/T this last time. Since it's been 3 weeks since he last ate I'm also sure that he is hungry now, as incdicated by his nudging of the last F/T offered.
At this point I would bite the bullet and stick to my guns about getting him switched over, for sure. When I say "bite the bullet," I mean dealing with the possible expense of a few uneaten F/T rabbits.
He's already eaten one F/T and appeared to be interested in another. I would wait a week and try another F/T. It's hard to resist the temptation to try to entice him more by offering fresh-killed by your local pet shop but I'd be afraid that it could prolong the switchover. I've heard of a few snakes getting hung in the fresh-killed stage of switching over. If he wasn't showing any interest at all in the F/T then I'd say go with fresh-killed.
It's not like you've got a perfectly healthy snake that you're preparing for breeding season, or one that has been eating like a champ and you don't want to interupt it's biological clock. That's why I say "stick to your guns."
As long as you keep an eye on his health, making sure it doesn't get dangerously low/poor, you should be able to outwait him within 3 weeks. I'd be surprised if he didn't eat a F/T within that timeframe.
I feel it's important for me to say that my 9ft male outwaited me, dang stubborn rascal. He's the only snake that I haven't been able to get switched over. Won't even LOOK at a F/T OR fresh-killed. Uugggghhhhh!!! However, I feel that your male is showing positive signs and will make the switch fairly soon.
Please keep me informed.
Best wishes!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American
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RE: switching to F/T - HappyHillbilly, Tue Sep 4 23:36:33 2007