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feeding my Corn...

prpldrgn420

prpldrgn420

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Ok i have really tried everything and I am going to give up for now on feeding Elvis frozen mice.:shrugs:

Last night I placed him in my feeder tank with a thawed out fuzzy mouse (which I had dipped in chicken broth to scent) and left him there all night and woke up this morning to find him curled up in the hid i put in there. I had also placed a blanket around the sides so that he could not see out.

Please any help would be appreciated!!!

I am going tonight to a pet store to see if I can get a live feeder. I know of one place close but the owner is a "Mister Know It All' and I would rather drive a little further to get one then go to him.
 
I have had the best success with the simplest method; waiting until the snake is hungry and offering a thawed out mouse on tongs. The main thing is waiting and don't offer more than once a week. I recently took in a snake that is about 10 years old and had been fed live. I waited 10 days, thawed a mouse and gave it to him and he ate it. Another snake was 3-4 years old and had been on live for at least a year. Waited 9 days, thawed a mouse and gave it to her and she ate it. Remember that snakes can go a loooooong time without food and that most will eventually take a thawed mouse.

A third snake has a history of being a not so great feeder, so he has been more of a challenge for me. I received him during breeding season, so he was already on a bit of a hunger strike, even on live. I've had him since March 20 and he first ate for me May 5, after 4 refusals. That was after leaving him overnight with the mouse in a feeding bin placed in his cage and covered with a blanket. He ate 2 more times after that, then refused 2 more times and has eaten 3 more times. My will is greater than his! ;)

How old is your snake, how big is he and what is the "everything" that you have tried? Give us as much information about him as you can. Another option is to give your snake a freshly killed mouse, as a step between live and frozen.
 
Elvis is a little over a year old. He is about 2 foot long and about 1/2" round. I have tried smaller thawed mice, dangling it with thongs, and waiting for 2 weeks before feeding.

I am not giving up and my will is strong
 
Ok last night I came home and I have talk to a women who lives close to me and she gave me some tips to try and Elvis ate. I put him in a smaller feeding bin, I made sure the fuzzy was more then just room temp, dried him off and grabbed the fuzzy with the tongs and moved him around in front of Elvis nose and he smelled it then he struck it. I was so happy. Now to wait a week or two and do it again.
 
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