raycarpetpython
Active Member
Hi all, as the title suggests I'm over the moon. I know us newer or less xp'd keepers often worry when our babies go off their food, and I know they can go for ages without it, but my little jungle had not been eating for about a month now and I had had several feeding attempts with no luck.
I tried everything from braining, chicken stock, feeding in the enclosure, out of the enclosure,etc, everything. Until I tried a trick from snake bytes tv on youtube. They use a cup, but I used a small container (probably about the size of a sandwich container but taller). It was small enough for the mouse to basically be in his face but not too small.
So i heated the mouse up, cut a few slits in its face and smeared the mouse around the inside of the container. So basically when i put him in there, he would be able to smell/taste nothing but mouse. So after that, i put him in there, showed him the mouse, then put the lid on and covered with a towel. Came back not even 5mins later and the mouse had disappeared . I had also down-sized the food size as suggested by a breeder of 40+ years xp.
Anyway I thought this may be useful to other new keepers suffering from the same feeding troubles as I did and an alternate and effective trick.
Cheers
I tried everything from braining, chicken stock, feeding in the enclosure, out of the enclosure,etc, everything. Until I tried a trick from snake bytes tv on youtube. They use a cup, but I used a small container (probably about the size of a sandwich container but taller). It was small enough for the mouse to basically be in his face but not too small.
So i heated the mouse up, cut a few slits in its face and smeared the mouse around the inside of the container. So basically when i put him in there, he would be able to smell/taste nothing but mouse. So after that, i put him in there, showed him the mouse, then put the lid on and covered with a towel. Came back not even 5mins later and the mouse had disappeared . I had also down-sized the food size as suggested by a breeder of 40+ years xp.
Anyway I thought this may be useful to other new keepers suffering from the same feeding troubles as I did and an alternate and effective trick.
Cheers