need some help i'm new 2 here

twiztidjuggalo · 03-05-08, 10:57 AM

I have a central american boa but she only eats mice and gerbals i try to feed her small rats but she juzt looks at them I've tried everything to get her 2 take them live, pre killed, frozen thawed and the mice sent spray but she will not take rats it makes me mad because she is about 3 - 3 1/2ft now but she will get big and i don't want to have to feed her 20 mice a week to keep up with her growth plz help

**DaemoNox** · 03-06-08, 04:33 AM

What you can do is simply just stop feeding mice and gerbils, only offering rats. Sooner or later she will get hungry enough to take a rat, you just need to be persistant.

You can also try scenting, take a dead gerbil or mouse then rub it all over a rat of the same size. Its probably going to take some time, but both ways can work very well as long as you dont give in.

twiztidjuggalo · 03-06-08, 09:12 AM

ok i'll try it
thank you so much

twiztidjuggalo · 03-31-08, 01:24 PM

it didn't work bro she will not eat any rats it'z been almost a month now and i've starved her so i gues i'll just feed her 3-4 adult mice ata time

Aaron_S · 03-31-08, 10:13 PM

A month? That's NO time to go without food for a snake. Did you try the scenting trick?

cougar · 04-01-08, 07:18 PM

Have you tried different colors of rats? if that doesnt work have you tried putting her in an enclosure just big enough for her and a dead rat for a few hours?

fullofquestions · 04-01-08, 10:22 PM

even try some pinky rabbits mine just loves them to bits!!!

twiztidjuggalo · 04-02-08, 10:29 AM

i've tried black, white, brown, and gray rats bloth m and f she will not take them i put an adult mouse in there and she takes it in less tha 30 seconds i think i'm gonna try chicks i haven't tried pinky rabbits idk where 2 get them and the sent stuff doesn't work for her eather. it makes me mad!! are kittens illegal to feed to snakes? i have a batch of kittens my cat just had and there just the right size but idk if i would get into trouble for animal cruality of something

**DaemoNox** · 04-03-08, 04:28 AM

Dont feed the snake kittens, come on now....

If she takes mice great simpley scent rats with mice. Take a rat the same size as the mouse and wash it with unscented soap to get off a lot of the rat scent, then rub it with a mouse, clip mouse hair or mouse blood on it.

twiztidjuggalo · 04-03-08, 09:28 AM

alright i'll try that 2marrow it'z feeding time