Nigrita finally took a nibble!!!

[eyespy]

Stubborn little Raul has been trying to constrict his prey since 1/10/03 and not getting his timing down well at all. He squeezes the air, himself, and occasionally the mouse but was eventually giving up in frustration.

I kept offering prey weekly and tried live vs. f/t's without success until today. Little dude finally decided to just eat it! Hooraaaaaaayyyyy!!

I was starting to get a bit worried, he lost .7 gram and as he's just a 3-4 month old I was considering force-feeding soon. It's nice when a snake cooperates before you have to force the issue. I just left him in his feeding tank overnight in a dark closet with a f/t fuzzy and this morning when I went to check on him I saw him strike the mouse and swallow it down without hugging it first.