Help needed with fussy Olive

[llasher]

Since I got my F Olive yearling at the beginning of this year she has had about 3 feeds of mouse rolled in bird feathers following a one month hunger strike after purchase. The last 6 weeks she must have realised she was being tricked and refused even this. Today I have given her gourmet quail from the chicken shop which she loved (just yesterday she refused a mouse and a rat).

Should I just feed her quail bits now and try rodents later?
Are they safe and nourishing?
Should I try baby chicks, and does anyone know where to get these (deaded) in Melbourne?

Thanks

 

[Retic]

Olives do seem to love birds, try her with a dead day old chicken and then a small rat immediately after. Olives seem to have a very strong feeding response so she should eat the rat with no problems.

 

[Wild~Touch]

Finches did the trick for my friends (stubborn feeder )Olive

 

[Dan19]

Totally reptiles sell day old chickens.

 

[llasher]

Thanks. I have no idea where to get finches, and I have heard of Olives eating them readily. Totally Reptiles are low in stock but I will get out there. Rosanna isn't far from where I live.

My male Olive is the best eater of all my snakes, she (at least up to now) has been the worst.

 

[dazza74]

i used to get day old chick from a pet shop in sommerville give them a call on 59775011

 

[python blue]

llasher keep trying her on quails and as boa said give her a rat straight after the bird do this for a while she may just switch to rats but you can also try live fuzzie rats scented with quail thats may work

 

[llasher]

Thanks, I would like to get her eating rodents because they are cheap and easy to find. I will get a few day olds and try scenting the rat with one or with quail, and feeding it to her straight after the bird. I am so pleased she is eating something as I thought she would starve to death or a least be a "bad doer" for ever as she is still so small compared to the M I got at the same shop.

 

[hawktime]

Try Day old chicks, then drop a rat into some chicken soup!!!
It works...