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twiztidjuggalo
03-05-08, 10:57 AM
I have a central american boa but she only eats mice and gerbals i try to feed her small rats but she juzt looks at them I've tried everything to get her 2 take them live, pre killed, frozen thawed and the mice sent spray but she will not take rats it makes me mad because she is about 3 - 3 1/2ft now but she will get big and i don't want to have to feed her 20 mice a week to keep up with her growth plz help
DaemoNox
03-06-08, 04:33 AM
What you can do is simply just stop feeding mice and gerbils, only offering rats. Sooner or later she will get hungry enough to take a rat, you just need to be persistant.
You can also try scenting, take a dead gerbil or mouse then rub it all over a rat of the same size. Its probably going to take some time, but both ways can work very well as long as you dont give in.
twiztidjuggalo
03-06-08, 09:12 AM
ok i'll try it
thank you so much
twiztidjuggalo
03-31-08, 12:24 PM
it didn't work bro she will not eat any rats it'z been almost a month now and i've starved her so i gues i'll just feed her 3-4 adult mice ata time
Aaron_S
03-31-08, 09:13 PM
A month? That's NO time to go without food for a snake. Did you try the scenting trick?
Have you tried different colors of rats? if that doesnt work have you tried putting her in an enclosure just big enough for her and a dead rat for a few hours?
fullofquestions
04-01-08, 09:22 PM
even try some pinky rabbits mine just loves them to bits!!!
twiztidjuggalo
04-02-08, 09:29 AM
i've tried black, white, brown, and gray rats bloth m and f she will not take them i put an adult mouse in there and she takes it in less tha 30 seconds i think i'm gonna try chicks i haven't tried pinky rabbits idk where 2 get them and the sent stuff doesn't work for her eather. it makes me mad!! are kittens illegal to feed to snakes? i have a batch of kittens my cat just had and there just the right size but idk if i would get into trouble for animal cruality of something
DaemoNox
04-03-08, 03:28 AM
Dont feed the snake kittens, come on now....
If she takes mice great simpley scent rats with mice. Take a rat the same size as the mouse and wash it with unscented soap to get off a lot of the rat scent, then rub it with a mouse, clip mouse hair or mouse blood on it.
twiztidjuggalo
04-03-08, 08:28 AM
alright i'll try that 2marrow it'z feeding time
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