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It could of been a mouse. If a snake refuses to eat for whatever reason the mouse can suddenly decide to attack the snake and sometimes the snake will do nothing resulting in something like this.
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I would NEVER leave a live mouse in a aquarium for any length of time with a snake. It only takes seconds to see if a snake wants to eat or not. If it doesn't show interest I take it out.
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im not trying to be a jerk but saying a snake wont take F/T is lazy, EVERY snake can and will take F/T with enough patience.
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You can have the opinions you want to have about f/t vs. live food but calling me lazy because I choose to feed live is something completely different. I always want what is best for my snake thus my attempts to give her a comfortable home, get the temps exact, and everything else you can imagine. What I don't want to do is stress her out and in the several attempts I have tried to feed her f/t has ended up with her not eating, being stressed, and me unable to mess with her for another week. Since getting her at the beginning of December half the times that I have fed her (or attempted) I have tried f/t or a mixture of f/t and live. Every time has ended with her eating nothing or eating just the live.
Is it 100% impossible to believe that she simply doesn't want f/t? Sure SOME snakes scavenge but does that mean ALL snakes scavenge? I find it hard to believe. Whatever the case you can call me what you will and think me horrible for feeding her live food but I ask personal opinions be kept silent. I am far from "lazy" and in fact stress to the point of tears simply because my snake hasn't eaten in 2 weeks.
When she gets older I will be feeding her freshly killed or stunned prey to keep her from getting hurt and if in that time when she doesn't choose to eat I will remove the prey to keep her from getting hurt. From everything I have read hamsters and rats left in the home with the snake for hours on end leave the snake in danger.
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