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01-02-2004, 04:44 PM
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F/T feeding with out a strike
Hey you guys, I just wanted to see if any one else has had much luck with feeding there boas F/T by just laying the rat in the feeding box (warmed up of course), so there boa will just crawl up to it with out striking it? I had read somewhere one could do this, so I tried it and woe and hehold she ate them. I used to do the wave the rat by her to get a strike before. But have come to the conclusion that if I do it this way. It will lock in her head that prey is on the floor and she will not get as defensive when ones hand comes in the cage. |
01-02-2004, 04:47 PM
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2 of my snakes eat when i just lay it in the seperate tank. i think they know the seperate tank means feeding time.
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01-02-2004, 04:53 PM
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I havent had much luck with just putting the rodent in the tote with the boa... always had to make the rodent dance a bit.
I guess every snake is different
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01-02-2004, 05:12 PM
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every snake is different,
but I have not noticed any problems with colubrids taking f/t by simple placement in the cage.
in fact, I start out just about all of my babies that way.
and 95% of the time, they take their first meal that way. |
01-02-2004, 05:18 PM
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I never really fed dead mice in the same tank. I always feed in another tote. My smaller ones will still strike and wrap in the tote for a second. My big ones just woof it down.
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01-02-2004, 05:38 PM
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mine are exact opposite. my little ones will just take it laying there. my big one you shake it just once and she attacks and squeezes it for at least 10 minutes(it is f/t) all of us laugh cause she is squeezing the heck out of something that is already dead. |
01-02-2004, 06:24 PM
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heh...I have more snakes with individual preference than those that don't...almost any method you can think of...at least one of mine requires being fed that way.
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01-02-2004, 06:28 PM
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