F/T feeding with out a strike

[All_American]

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.

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	Frozen/Thawed A rodent or other prey item that is frozen and then thawed to be fed to a reptile or other animal.

[louise]

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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[toker]

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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[telefrag]

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.

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[captainmorgan]

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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[louise]

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.

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[C. hortulanus bites]

Some snakes do and some don't. I have had snakes that used to constrict f/t all the time, now they don't even strike and would rather me just toss it into the feeding tote than dance it around. I think they finally realise that I'm not going to give them anything live and would just prefer it down on the ground infront of them.

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[JuliusSqueezer]

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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[louise]

i feed or try to feed mine in seperate tanks. but lately vixen will only eat in her tank and she goes in her hide and i dangle it in front of the hide and she comes out real slow and dont strike it. she gently takes it out of my hand and eats it on the newspaper. the first few times i thought it was just a fluke but she takes it gentle everytime. she just puts her head on the rat then opens her mouth and takes it. isnt that wierd?

[savannah_babe]

i just throw the rat in the feed tote with my bci, cover it up, and in an hour hes done couldnt get much easier for me, i suppose

but yes, ive had VERY picky snakes in the past. although, i will say, my etb used to eat very well for me also..

	Boa Constrictor Imperator Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor imperator). Most common is the Colombian Boa.

	Emerald Tree Boa The Emerald Tree Boa (Corallus caninus) is a species of bright green snake that lives in the rainforests of South America.

[toker]

lol, well I say dance, last night when I fed Charly... I put him in the tote and he started looking up at me, as if to say, Well? where is it.

I put the rodent in the tongs and started to lower it down, about half way down he nailed it in mid air and coiled around it twice. I was just looking at the tongs, they still had some hair left it them where he ripped the rodent from them.

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