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Getting WC female off live prey :( Tried it all

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Hi guys,

I am a new member and would like to congratulate everyone ona very informative forum, the best one I could find (for my question :) )
My problem is this:

- I have got a +/- 6 month old bp female. We bought her at about 3 months, and was told she was captive bred, but later found out she is wild caught.
Initially, she did not want to eat, so we tried a live mouse fuzzy (advice from the pet shop) and she started eating, she has been eating regularly for the last 2 months, but if it doesnt move (by itself) she isnt interrested. We have tried everything (stunned, freshly killed, exposed brain, cut off nose, first live then stunned / freshly killed) except the chicken broth. 3 weeks ago, we decided to give her a rat fuzzy, the thinking being that they cant harm her as much as the bigger mice she was eating, and she went for it straight away. This week, I could only get 2 smaller rat fuzzies, and this is what happened:
- She grabbed the first one on the butt, and then swallowed it butt-first. The second one, she ignored for about 10 mins, then promptly sailed over and tried to swallow it (live) When it kicked, she constricted it for about 2 mins, and started swallowing it. When it was halfway down, it started kicking again (with me having a bloody hart attack), but down it went. She has swallowed a mouse butt-first before.

How do I get her onto stunned or f/k ? How long can I try with her not feeding. In the past we have tried, but if she doesnt take, she gets what she wants the next day, as I have heard of lots of feeding problems, and she is eating (although live). I am gonna have a nervous breakdown ! I really dont want her starving with us trying alternatives, but I dont want her head bitten off by a rat if she tries to swallow it alive !!

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Cheers guys,

Isamu
 
I work with all my snakes and get them to accept stunned prey off tongs. After they readily accept stunned prey off tongs, almost all of them will take F/T off the tongs. The hardest snakes to convert that I've worked with, unfortunately for you, are the ball pythons. All I can say is keep trying.
 
Thanx :)

Hi guys,

Thanx for the info :) How long can she go without food without ill effects ? I want to try for a couple of weeks, but I dont want to feed her live if it doesnt work the first week. What is tailing a mouse/rat ?

Isamu
 
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