Switching and IJ carpet to rats

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by TinkerbellsMom

have you ever tried dipping it in warm chicken broth? lol if that doesn't work than ur snake is REALLY stubborn. once my hatchling BP smelled the chicken broth she struck it IMMEDIATELY and she was very stressed from a long delivery and a new home!

Just make sure there is no salt in the broth

[shaunyboy]

you can use a dead chick to the same effect mate

simply burst open the chick and smear the rat with blood and guts

cheers shaun

[emmabee]

or the stomach contents of day olds! the PITA DJJ sib i have likes that!

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by emmabee

or the stomach contents of day olds! the PITA DJJ sib i have likes that!

^^^^^
i've used a needle and syringe to extract the chicks yolk sac,then spray it over the rat

it just looks like thick egg yolk (yellow in colour)

is that the same thing ?

cheers shaun

[emmabee]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^
i've used a needle and syringe to extract the chicks yolk sac,then spray it over the rat

it just looks like thick egg yolk (yellow in colour)

is that the same thing ?

cheers shaun

yeah same thing! i first discovered she was mad for it when she ripped a chick open and went into a crazy feeding mode for the first time since she came to me!

shes still a nightmare feeder but i know what i can do now to kick start her if i need to.

will have to use a needle next time!not thought of that and so much less messy!

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by emmabee

yeah same thing! i first discovered she was mad for it when she ripped a chick open and went into a crazy feeding mode for the first time since she came to me!

shes still a nightmare feeder but i know what i can do now to kick start her if i need to.

will have to use a needle next time!not thought of that and so much less messy!

i use a 10ml syringe,with a detachable green needle

the plastic part of the needle,that fits over the syringe are colour coded,the green ones are the longest and widest bore,great for sucking up chicks yolk sacks pal

cheers shaun

[MoreliAddict]

I always enjoy reading your feeding methods, Shaun!

[kernel]

Well, she still hasn't switched. I have't given in a single time and neither has she. I have smeared mouse guts all over the rat and everything. Every time she strikes and constricts, but then she realizes it's not a mouse and refuses to eat it. I wonder if she'll eat chicks?

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by MoreliAddict

I always enjoy reading your feeding methods, Shaun!

for some reason my children preffer their mothers cooking

i have no idea why

my snakes love me feeding them

cheers shaun

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by kernel

Well, she still hasn't switched. I have't given in a single time and neither has she. I have smeared mouse guts all over the rat and everything. Every time she strikes and constricts, but then she realizes it's not a mouse and refuses to eat it. I wonder if she'll eat chicks?

have you tried braining the prey ?

also give it a really good heat,especially the head

she's striking and constricting,so imo your just about there mate

hang in there

cheers shaun

[exwizard]

Originally Posted by kernel

Well, she still hasn't switched. I have't given in a single time and neither has she. I have smeared mouse guts all over the rat and everything. Every time she strikes and constricts, but then she realizes it's not a mouse and refuses to eat it. I wonder if she'll eat chicks?

Im going to try something next time when feeding Mick, my male mouse eater IJ. I will feed him a smaller mouse, then right on the tail of that, I will feed him a pup rat and see if that works. I can so relate to your problems in trying to get her to switch as I also have this same problem and nothings worked yet. We'll see if this next approach works or not.

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by exwizard

Im going to try something next time when feeding Mick, my male mouse eater IJ. I will feed him a smaller mouse, then right on the tail of that, I will feed him a pup rat and see if that works. I can so relate to your problems in trying to get her to switch as I also have this same problem and nothings worked yet. We'll see if this next approach works or not.

^^^^^
i have seen this method work mate

just tuck the rats head in the snakes mouth,as the mouse tail starts to go down,most carpets keep on munching

cheers shaun

[kernel]

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

have you tried braining the prey ?

also give it a really good heat,especially the head

she's striking and constricting,so imo your just about there mate

hang in there

cheers shaun

Yes, I have tried that.

I always heat it up really good, that's the only way she'll strike and constrict.

Originally Posted by exwizard

Im going to try something next time when feeding Mick, my male mouse eater IJ. I will feed him a smaller mouse, then right on the tail of that, I will feed him a pup rat and see if that works. I can so relate to your problems in trying to get her to switch as I also have this same problem and nothings worked yet. We'll see if this next approach works or not.

Originally Posted by shaunyboy

^^^^^
i have seen this method work mate

just tuck the rats head in the snakes mouth,as the mouse tail starts to go down,most carpets keep on munching

cheers shaun

I'll definitely try that next week. What about chicks?

[UwabamiReptiles]

You can try chicks but I tried giving one of my jungles chicks and now its pretty much the only thing she'll eat. Chicks are like candy to carpets. She totally ignores rats now. So now I'm in the long process of getting her back to rats. With that said, I've given chicks to four of my other carpets and they still eat rats for me. I personally think chicks are a good occasional "treat" to vary their diet a little bit from time to time.

[kernel]

So chicks aren't nutritionally complete for carpets?