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It could be all in how you are thawing the mouse too. If you are laying them out to thaw and then later warming them in warm water, they are probably somewhat spoiling and while boas and other snakes have been known to eat dead animals that are somewhat rancid in the wild, many if not most will not. If they smell freezer burned or spoiled when they thaw, throw them away. The best way I have found to thaw is to put them in a ziplock and put them in a bowl...fill with hot water and then place another bowl of the same size over that bowl, sandwitching the ziplocked mice in between the 2 bowls...most of the water will spill over but enough will stay...to keep them warm enough to thaw...keep running hot water into the top bowl. When you think they are thawed. make sure the abdomen of the mouse is very soft and then wrap your fingers around his head, if you can feel any cold they need to thaw more. The brain is the last thing to thaw because of skull thickness. Other problems could be the size, type or even color of the prey offered. Sometimes you have to try different things. <TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE>I've tried pinkies and fuzzies. </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></TD></TR><TR><TD><HR></TD></TR></TABLE> Pinkies and fuzzies are really too small and he may just not be interested. Baby boas from the first meal should be taking small hopper mice or pink rats....preferably pink rats...try one, you may be surprised at how fast he snapps them off the tongs. If you aren't using tongs...get some. He may be cowering back from your hand feeling threatened by that.
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