She finally gobbled down her for first rat

[EL Ziggy]

@ Sattva- That's why we need lots of other snakes to knock off any refusals.

[sattva]

Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

@ Sattva- That's why we need lots of other snakes to knock off any refusals.

OH! So if one does not eat it you give it to another? How long is a rat good for out of refrigeration? I hate to flush food...

[EL Ziggy]

Originally Posted by sattva

OH! So if one does not eat it you give it to another? How long is a rat good for out of refrigeration? I hate to flush food...

Sure thing satt. I thaw my feeders and if any of my snakes don't eat within an hour the prey item goes to another critter. Some people leave the prey in overnight before removing them.

[sattva]

Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

Sure thing satt. I thaw my feeders and if any of my snakes don't eat within an hour the prey item goes to another critter. Some people leave the prey in overnight before removing them.

That's what I was doing with my little JCP... He went missing for a month and when I got him back I thought it would be a good time to switch him from mice to rats... So I would leave it in his cage over night... I finely had to go with a pink mouse in a paper bag to get him to eat...

[Ian of Oldham]

Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

Sure thing satt. I thaw my feeders and if any of my snakes don't eat within an hour the prey item goes to another critter. Some people leave the prey in overnight before removing them.

yeah I tend to do the same , I alway do one less than I need and then if so pass it on, if any is over then the cat can play with it,lol


2 Royals 1Corn 1 Boa and a mad Cat

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by EL Ziggy

Sure thing satt. I thaw my feeders and if any of my snakes don't eat within an hour the prey item goes to another critter. Some people leave the prey in overnight before removing them.

This only works if you have another snake on the same size prey item. I don't have a single snake that shares a prey size with another snake. haha I'd rather waste a rat than feed something too big, or feed a snake extra food (say they ate a couple days ago, they are not getting anything else until their next feeding day). Luckily everyone but my ball python feeds every time.

Originally Posted by macandchz

i am going broke over mac's refusals. ha! ha! if he hasn't eaten it in a 1/2 hour of being in his feeding box it goes. i think he gets how it works because i put him back in his tank a couple of times and he seemed real restless. got him back out again and back into the feeding box. he ate it in 2 seconds!

You should definitely consider feeding in the enclosure. There are countless threads outlining the issues with separate feeding, and moving a snake before feeding it can certainly cause a shy snake to refuse food.