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Originally Posted by SavannahPolson
Tried that too, when she didn't eat it after 4 hours I had an alarm set and took it out. I didn't want her to get food poisoning or something.
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You can leave it in there as long as 8-12 hours. Much more than that, and then it starts to bloat. The real problems come when a mouse/rat has been thawed out and re-frozen too many times, cooked, when it's rotten and smells really bad, or when the feeder source is known to have diseases. Leaving it out for a few hours shouldn't cause any harm.
I'd also start trying to get your snake to eat in the enclosure, it's a good habit to have.
What do you do when you try feeding in the enclosure? Do you wave it around and wait for the snake to come for it on its own? Or do you search for the snake and wave it by its face? Or something else?
How big are the meals? How big are the bulges after she eats, and how long does it take for the bulge to go away?
Is she showing any signs of illness? Regurgitation, weird stools, any signs of an RI?
What are your temps at, and how are you measuring them? How is her day/night cycle provided?
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