All of the holdbacks ate both chick thighs with the exception of H6, who only ate one. This should make for an easier transition to quail chicks, as the bulge in the belly is similar to that of the few that have eaten quail chicks, but with two, smaller items, the process of eating should be much easier (and less daunting).
All three pinkie-eaters ate their unscented pinkies. I may bite the bullet and try to probe these three sometime in the near future, as they are as ready for sale as they'll ever be. Here's hoping there's at least a pair in there.
All other non-holdbacks ate their one chick thigh. I'm going to give them a few weeks of just eating chick thighs before I try to convert them to scented pinkies again.
T1 ate the f/t anole, T3 declined, T4 ate the chick thigh.
This was the first time since before the experiment that T3 was offered f/t, and the food was clearly messed with over night, but not eaten. I think T3 got used to eating live during the experiment, and we will see how much of a process it is getting him back onto f/t. He will be moved back to a tub shortly and I will update on his progress.
As for T4, this means that he is not off feed entirely, only that he refuses to eat anything other than chick thighs at the moment. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that. I could start making the attempt to move T4 over to chick-scented pinkies instead of anole-scented. I had assumed anoles would be easier, but apparently, this is not the case. The lesson here is that the individual snakes will each have their own individual preferences; there is not a set hierarchy of preferred food items, eg anoles>birds>pinkies. So, for future reference, it may be prudent to offer a snake that is not feeding well a variety of food items, rather than assume that, for instance, a snake that will not eat anoles is refusing to eat entirely.
