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05-24-2006, 06:24 PM
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Need help with cannibalistic green conda!
I bought a baby male green anaconda at the 4-22 Hamburg show. For the past month he's steadfastly refused every type of rodent I've offered him. Last night on a whim I decided to put him with a bci of the same size as him hoping that maybe competition might trigger some sort of feeding response..well it did, but it wasn't the rat pup he that he decided looked tasty (they were immediately separated and the bci wasn't injured). I've never been in this situation before so I have a few questions. First is there a market anywhere for "feeder reptiles"? What's the best way to get a snake interested in rodents instead of other snakes? Any advice or proven scenting techniques would be very helpful. Thanks for looking.
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05-24-2006, 06:27 PM
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Take a shed skin and wrap a rat pup in it. I have gotten kings to eat like this.....
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05-24-2006, 06:42 PM
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That thought had crossed my mind too..I'll definitely have to give it a try now. Thanks alot.
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05-24-2006, 07:48 PM
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He's not showing any particular interest in the mouse in snake's skin yet. Maybe he'll change his mind over night. Any other ideas?
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05-24-2006, 08:19 PM
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do you know somebody that has an iguana?
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05-24-2006, 08:22 PM
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try wetting the (shed)skin slightly and rubbing it on the prey item...
another option is (if you can) get the other boa to bite the head of the prey item, then offer it
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05-24-2006, 08:23 PM
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yeah..there's an adult iguana at the local pet shop. Should I have the ig chew on a mouse like your gator trick?
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05-24-2006, 08:33 PM
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If you can get him do to it without eating it, lol. If not, you can try just scenting on it. (much easier with defrosted rodents, lol)
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05-24-2006, 08:33 PM
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The boa shed recently and his skin was the perfect size to fit around the mouse. I wet the skin down and slid it over the mouse..kinda like a snake skin prophylactic. The boa won't be any help to me with biting..he's been a super picky feeder since birth. I'll see if I can convince the iguana to help me out with some saliva. I'm starting to miss that gator..
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05-25-2006, 11:31 AM
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About 30 yrs ago I had an anaconda and I used to feed it whole mackeral from the local fish market. Anyway, they seem to like fish. It also ate bull frogs, this was before I knew there was a problem feeding wild caught animals.
They definately prey on boas in the wild because I remember I put a boa that was about the same size with her one day, while I was cleaning its cage, and the boa went crazy trying to get out. I didn't do that again.
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