Advice on feeding switch

fizox · 11-26-05, 10:21 AM

Anyone shed some light on switching from live to pre-killed/thawed??? My bp wont take pre killed and it would be less expensive and easier to keep his next meals if he would. All of my other snakes are on pk/t and it would be nice to have the bp switch. Already tried the "puppet show" of wiggling pre killed in front of him to simulate live and leaving prekilled in over night...no luck. Advice anyone???

reptiles4me · 11-29-05, 10:37 AM

When I was trying to switch my male over to F/T and was having trouble, I was told to get Campbell's Chicken soup and spritz the food with it. In the wild they will eat fowl, so sometimes the smell triggers a feeding response. While it hasn't worked with my male, I have tried it with other snakes that were problem eaters and it usually works.