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At what point do I give up with feeding F/T?

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jrabb

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I'm in the process of trying to convert my hatchling corn from live to F/T mice. She has refused three F/T fuzzies over the last two weeks. I'm not concerned yet; however, at what point do I make the decision that she is just not going to accept pre-killed prey?

So far I have tried the "make it look alive" method, braining, and washing. When I leave her in the feeding tub overnight with the mouse I just end up finding her cuddling up with a dead and bloated mouse in the morning.
 
Try feeding stunned live, and then gradually replace that with f/t.

As long as the live prey is stunned and poses no threat to the snake, there's no rush. You can easilly stun a live mouse by taking a pen and bending it back, and then letting it snap forward on the mouse's head, or just giving the mouse a firm flick to the head. If it's a pinky, you don't really even need to stun it.
 
yeah, no need to stun a pinky. Not even fuzzies can hurt a corn snake, they don't have teeth until they are hoppers and even then wouldn't even worry about it until they are weenlings or small adults. Go ahead and feed live for a while and try a F/T every few weeks or so until your snake is ready to eat them.
You could try braining then pinkies. cut the pinkies head open so it's brain juice comes out and then rub it and the brain matter over the pinky, that makes them smell extra delicious.
 
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