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Best way to switch to frozen/thawed
- Thread starter suzanne
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Hey suzanne,
First off I would just offer the f/t after a 2 week period, this will allow them to settle in and de-stress some as well as getting them a little hungry. If your feeding methods allow, leave them over night and hopefully "supper" will be nothing but a belly lump.
If that does not work on the second attempt, (3rd week from now) try to tease feed them. Using long forceps and a warm meal item slowly tap the snake about 2/3 way down its body, not on its head as this may make them shy away from the food. Once the snake grabs the item hold VERY still until it either pulls it from you or it starts to swallow the prey, then move very slowly to let go and allow them to swallow.
That will give you a few weeks of trial, hopefully they will start on f/t without a problem, however, I do have a male ball python that flatly refuses anything dead, just be prepared.
I hope this helps.
First off I would just offer the f/t after a 2 week period, this will allow them to settle in and de-stress some as well as getting them a little hungry. If your feeding methods allow, leave them over night and hopefully "supper" will be nothing but a belly lump.
If that does not work on the second attempt, (3rd week from now) try to tease feed them. Using long forceps and a warm meal item slowly tap the snake about 2/3 way down its body, not on its head as this may make them shy away from the food. Once the snake grabs the item hold VERY still until it either pulls it from you or it starts to swallow the prey, then move very slowly to let go and allow them to swallow.
That will give you a few weeks of trial, hopefully they will start on f/t without a problem, however, I do have a male ball python that flatly refuses anything dead, just be prepared.
I hope this helps.
im no expert, but why dont you try buying live, and then kill the mice prior to feeding it to your snake. maybe this will help ween them onto f/t by first eating a fresh pre-killed mouse. worth a try anyway. otherwise i'd suggest just offering a f/t and see how it turns out 
I broke down and fed the ball a live mouse. She was acting really hungry. I made my husband do it. She gobbled it up. The corn is happy with her frozen/thawed. I am not gonna give up though. Hopefully I will get the ball to take the dead ones. That live mouse cost me 2 bucks, and thats a little expensive to me. But she is happy as can be right now in her cage. :crazy02:
permethius
greatest golf ball ever
you could prabably use something like tongs and prnce it around a littl untill it strikes
From another thread
I read in another thread on here (can't remember who the post was by) that someone had a bag with some aspen in it where they had had some live mice. They just put the f/t in it for awhile to scent them and that helped alot of the problem feeders. So you can just get a paper bag, put some aspen in it. The next time you buy live mice put them in the bag for awhile. Then the next time you thaw out a mouse put it in the bag for awhile to get some scent and try feeding that. Just make sure no aspen is sticking to it.
I read in another thread on here (can't remember who the post was by) that someone had a bag with some aspen in it where they had had some live mice. They just put the f/t in it for awhile to scent them and that helped alot of the problem feeders. So you can just get a paper bag, put some aspen in it. The next time you buy live mice put them in the bag for awhile. Then the next time you thaw out a mouse put it in the bag for awhile to get some scent and try feeding that. Just make sure no aspen is sticking to it.
Blue Apple Herps
aka Matthew, PhD
MegF. said:
With mine this is the most important. Even if the mouse is completely thawed, they'll ignore it if it's not warm. By warm I mean it's definately above room temp (but obviously not scorching hot).