Are you laying the F/T rabbit on the floor of his enclosure or dangling it in the air with tongs? I've got almost all my snakes (burms, balls, and boas) on F/T but most won't do anything but poke at their food if it's laying on the floor. It's got to smell like food, feel warm like food, and "move" like food. Sometimes I reward picky eaters by yanking on the tail of the f/t rat a few times during constriction. I think it reassures the snake that they're eating something fresh, but my boyfriend thinks I've got "issues". Anyhow it works.



~kasey

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• switching to F/T - laurarfl, Tue Sep 4 10:46:24 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - HappyHillbilly, Tue Sep 4 23:36:33 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - SnakesByDesign, Wed Sep 5 11:51:24 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - laurarfl, Sat Sep 8 07:36:57 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - HappyHillbilly, Sun Sep 9 20:52:12 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - laurarfl, Sun Sep 9 21:04:32 2007
• RE: switching to F/T - HappyHillbilly, Sun Sep 9 22:07:24 2007
• Finally! - laurarfl, Mon Sep 10 20:05:54 2007
• RE: Finally! - HappyHillbilly, Mon Sep 10 20:53:45 2007