burm feeding

[cyrus888]

i aquired a baby albino burm about a month ago. she was feeding on frozen mice when i first got her but right after she shed, she seem to not even care about the frozen mice any more so i was forced to buy her live mice every 3 days which she ate with out hesitation. she currently eats 3 adult mice every 3 days which is kinda heavy on my budget. what can i do to lure her back to feeding frozen mice? should i just starve her until she she's hungry enough to not care if the food is live or not?

[cyrus888]

please help me... anyone?

[BurmGuy87]

Hey Cyrus.

Have you tried using tongs and simulating the movement of the mouse? How about Rats? Have you even tried f/t rats? You could try braining a f/t mouse....

[jay76]

Like Don sad, try tease feeding. Also, make sure your thawed prey still has some warmth to it. I was feeding a baby Columbian boa that wouldn't eat until I reheated his rat, which he grabbed as soon as he sensed it. Might work for your burm.

[BurmGuy87]

OR you could prekill the rat...so its fresh! Or buy a live....and let the f/t sit with the live...

[Bartman]

whats "braining"?

[m1k3_88]

Bartman, braining is when u cut open the skull exposing some of the brain.

[kevyn]

I just been through the same thing with my het female. Tease feeding is good if you don't already do it. I had to let my female get really hungry for a while and then I started her back up first on live and couple of times, the I offered live off tongs, the fresh killed. Worked like a charm. Let the snake get good and hungry first though, and offer a f/t to see if she takes it. If not try what I did.

[cyrus888]

i did try the tong trick still didnt work before. the mice i feed her is pretty warm since i defrost it in warm water. havnt tried the brain trick tho... never heard of that but worth a try. at least i have a caiman as a garburator if my snake doesnt eat the mice lol. if all tricks fail i guess ill just try to starve her for a bit even tho i dont want to... thanx for all the help and the little tricks

[bubba]

Yeah, take a f'/t and put it in the same cage with a live mouse (with the bedding) for 15-20 minutes until it is smelling really mousey. This has worked for me. Also, this may seem strange but I once had a speckled king that would only eat black mice and was afraid of white ones.

[cyrus888]

that is wierd bubba... lol never had that problem with my burm. she just doesnt wanna feed on f/t mice. i'll try that one out too though.