Question about JCP feeding

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by red ink

My male JCP gets fed a 150gm rat every 10 days or so.... third day after a feed the bugger assumes his usual position and the rat he ate is still evident in a buldge lol...

three days after a feed you find him like this (ambush position in front of the hide)....

its a great sight to see a carpet in hunting position

i have 14 carpet pythons on the wall at the end of my bed,its amazing to see them all in hunting mode at the same time,coming up to feeding time

all from the comfort of my own bed

your jungles colouring up really nicely red ink,i can't wait to see what he produces once up to size bred with your female

cheers shaun

[bladeblaster]

thats just a snack for a carpet

[radstusky]

So he ended up not eating the rat unfortunately, so I put it in the fridge for now. I plan to heat it up again (using hot water) and then trying again tomorrow night using tongs.

[millertime89]

stick it back in the freezer, not the fridge

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by millertime89

stick it back in the freezer, not the fridge

i NEVER re freeze prey,i just wouldn't take the chance

like i would not re freeze a steak,i defrosted but didn't cook for myself

its just my personal prefference and i'm not having a go at you mate

cheers shaun

[millertime89]

I know man, we all do things differently, just saying if he's going to save it for later, better the freezer than the fridge.

[radstusky]

He finally shed yesterday so last night I tried the same rat again. Unfortunately he didn't eat it this time either. I left in in there all night so I've discarded it at this point. I'd like to find a little bit smaller rat to try since this is a big jump in size from the large rat fuzzy he had the last time he ate. Someone gave me a chick to try, does anyone know how JCP's like chicks?

Since he shed, of course I had to take a few pics:

[millertime89]

they're semi-arboreal so I'm sure they'll take it eventually

[radstusky]

I tried feeding the chick last night then and... success! The chick was about the same size as the rat. Here are some feeding pics:




Here you can see the letter "Y" on his side is all stretched out

[shaunyboy]

try covering a rat in chicks blood and guts to see if he will take rats

you can also use a needle and syringe to extract the chicks yolk sac and squirt that over the rat (i've seen more success with the chick blood method)

it can be very very difficult to get carpets off chicks once they get a taste for them

carpets eating chicks tend to have the most horrible smelling poo ever mate

also it takes a lot of chicks to feed an adult carpet

glad he fed for you,thats a great looking feeding bulge he has there

cheers shaun

[radstusky]

I hope he has no problem going back to rats as I don't plan to keep him on chicks, especially if it'll make his poo smell bad! I'll give him plenty of time to digest this big meal.

Thanks for your info Shaun. Cheers!

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

try covering a rat in chicks blood and guts to see if he will take rats

you can also use a needle and syringe to extract the chicks yolk sac and squirt that over the rat (i've seen more success with the chick blood method)

it can be very very difficult to get carpets off chicks once they get a taste for them

carpets eating chicks tend to have the most horrible smelling poo ever mate

also it takes a lot of chicks to feed an adult carpet

glad he fed for you,thats a great looking feeding bulge he has there

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by radstusky

I hope he has no problem going back to rats as I don't plan to keep him on chicks, especially if it'll make his poo smell bad! I'll give him plenty of time to digest this big meal.

Thanks for your info Shaun. Cheers!

my friends jungle only ate chicks and its poo was the runniest stinky poo i'd seen in a long time

it was smelly stuff

please let us know how his next feed goes mate

cheers shaun