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[jsnake0]

hi new here
had a quick question i just bought a yearling tangine hondo milk have had her about 3 months and i am having a hard time getting her to eat f/t she will eat live but i will not do not it for the safety of the snake .
she will eat f/t then next meal turn her nose up and say no thanks
any thoughts would be great .

[josefg]

There are several things that u can do to get your snake to eat f/t:

1) warm the f/t with warm water
2) brain the f/t mouse. (Make a small cut in the head and push some of the brain matter out.
3) feed it freshly killed instead of f/t
4) try to scent the f/t mouse with a live one
5) dip the f/t mouse in unsalted chicken broth

I suggest that u leave the snake overnight with the f/t. Also if one of the methods does not work, wait at least 3 days before trying another method. Also you can try to cover the enclosure so that it is undisturbed.

Hope this helps
Good luck

[Tim_Cranwill]

with my hondos, I needed to just leave the pinkie in their hide over night and it would be gone in the morning. now they will snap it right out of the tongs.

was it fed frozen mince where it was before you got it?

[HondoFreak]

Some hondos will convert to frozen thawed and some (very few) will only accept ''live'' to the point of starving themselves to death rather then eating live.

What I've done with my stuborn feeders is getting going strong on live and then fasting them 2-3 weeks after a shed before introducing a frozen thawed. Try to rub the rodent around the edge of container (sent track) 9 out 10 will start feeding on F/T constantly. Repeat this process untill you are sure nothing else works. I have a few adults that have always snubed F/T. They are fed on adult mice size rat pups, can't harm the snake with rat pups!

Good luck

Marc
tHE HondoFreak

[jsnake0]

thanks everybody
jacob