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Make sure the skull of the rat is HOT and keep you hands clear
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Retics are hungry critters. I think once you get the husbandry ironed out it won't be long before it starts eating. You can always make that second hide a humid hide
Thats why I was so worried. He is a beautiful snake and money well spent. I just need him to eat.
Serve the rat HOT and wet right out of really hot water. Not boiling or scorching, but really hot. And you know your snake just took some water in with his meal which is good. - That's just what works best for me.
Also, you should contact the breeder and find out if it was mouse hoppers or rat hoppers...
Lastly, some snakes take a while to get used to a new "home" before they're comfortable enough to eat. Try not to stress, he'll eat eventually.
Also, refrain from handling him until he eats for you. Handling can be stressful.
In the meantime, work on the husbandry and setup, and offer food every ~10 days.
To entice him to eat, you might want to try doing the zombie rat dance:
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With my retic when doing the zombie rat dance he is the only snake where i make sure the tongs are holding onto the snakes RIBS not nape, he hits so damn hard that he once snapped the neck of the rat and hit the tongs, with the tongs holding the ribs he can hit as hard as he likes
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May you have more good days than bad
You never know how strong you are - until being strong is your only choice
There are no dark clouds - just well hidden silver linings!!
Serve the rat HOT and wet right out of really hot water. Not boiling or scorching, but really hot. And you know your snake just took some water in with his meal which is good. - That's just what works best for me.
Also, you should contact the breeder and find out if it was mouse hoppers or rat hoppers...
Lastly, some snakes take a while to get used to a new "home" before they're comfortable enough to eat. Try not to stress, he'll eat eventually.
Why hot? Just curious, I use the same method but serve warm.
I warm the whole rat by lying it in a bowl on top of a hot radiator and then when ready to feed i press the skull hard against the radiator for about ten seconds to give it that added temps.
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May you have more good days than bad
You never know how strong you are - until being strong is your only choice
There are no dark clouds - just well hidden silver linings!!
So does it just work better for arboreals then, or is a high temperature something that would make f/t more appealing to all snakes?
I'm pretty sure all pythons have nice large heat pits, but I could be wrong, I just know that Carpets do . So it's not necesarily an arboreal thing, just a thing for snakes that pick up on heat signatures well.
I'm pretty sure all pythons have nice large heat pits, but I could be wrong, I just know that Carpets do . So it's not necesarily an arboreal thing, just a thing for snakes that pick up on heat signatures well.
LOL! You're killing me, I'm a boa keeper. I think it'd be safe to say they have relatively smaller heat pits than pythons but anyway what I'm after is why "hot" instead of just "good 'n' warm"?
LOL! You're killing me, I'm a boa keeper. I think it'd be safe to say they have relatively smaller heat pits than pythons but anyway what I'm after is why "hot" instead of just "good 'n' warm"?
"hot" puts out a better heat signature than "warm". But a good eater will take either way.
"hot" puts out a better heat signature than "warm". But a good eater will take either way.
As I said, this is just what works best for me...
Ok thanks. I was wondering because I've got a female who has gone on an f/t strike. She's only eating live atmo. I thought maybe I'd try a "hot" rat if there was a good reason behind it.
Ok thanks. I was wondering because I've got a female who has gone on an f/t strike. She's only eating live atmo. I thought maybe I'd try a "hot" rat if there was a good reason behind it.
I'd go for it.
As soon as a snake of mine takes f/t, I never offer live again. They could get a preference for live only. Also, you don't want to condition them to think that refusing a f/t will get them a live one.
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