To switch to rats get her off live MICE, get her on FT!!! 6 live mice a week is a huge waste of money and time. To start feeding on FT try first stunning or killing the mice (place mouse in bag slam hard once on desk/wall) after it takes two successful consecutive (2 seperate feeding days) fresh kill feedings. Try switching to FT to do that first fresh kill the mouse (in bag slam hard several times) then place it in the freezer for at least 6 hours to freeze completely. Then thaw it out and heat it up (place in ziplock bag place the bag in hot water for 15 minutes) then offer it to your snake. If your snake takes that then feed the rest of the mice like that. After 3 feedings of ALL FT mice you can start trying to switch to rats. 6 adult mice is about a medium rat. So get a small FROZEN rat (50-80 grams,4.5’6") and 2 of the frozen mice. thaw everything and then rub a mouse on the rat heavily. Feed the mouse that was not on the rat then the mouse that was then the rat. If it takes the rat you are doing great. Do that for 2 consecutive feedings then only feed one mouse before the small rat for 2 consecutive feedings. Then after that try offering a small rat by itself, if it takes that go buy yourself a present. After it starts takeing rats it will be most economical to buy online.

To switch to rats get her off live MICE, get her on FT!!! 6 live mice a week is a huge waste of money and time. To start feeding on FT try first stunning or killing the mice (place mouse in bag slam hard once on desk/wall) after it takes two successful consecutive (2 seperate feeding days) fresh kill feedings. Try switching to FT to do that first fresh kill the mouse (in bag slam hard several times) then place it in the freezer for at least 6 hours to freeze completely. Then thaw it out and heat it up (place in ziplock bag place the bag in hot water for 15 minutes) then offer it to your snake. If your snake takes that then feed the rest of the mice like that. After 3 feedings of ALL FT mice you can start trying to switch to rats. 6 adult mice is about a medium rat. So get a small FROZEN rat (50-80 grams,4.5’6") and 2 of the frozen mice. thaw everything and then rub a mouse on the rat heavily. Feed the mouse that was not on the rat then the mouse that was then the rat. If it takes the rat you are doing great. Do that for 2 consecutive feedings then only feed one mouse before the small rat for 2 consecutive feedings. Then after that try offering a small rat by itself, if it takes that go buy yourself a present. After it starts takeing rats it will be most economical to buy online.

But, with fresh killed, it still has that fresh rodent scent, and warmth. But...to get around that, just make sure you warm up the thawed rodent nicely.

I’ve only fed frozen thawed and its so easy. My bp takes it within a few seconds all the time, and its safer. No bites, no parasites, no problems.

I had a doggy I named Gizmo because he had a big patch over his eye just like Gizmo in the movie. Sad though...poor doggy....was horribly beaten and neglected as a puppy...we got him as a year old doggy that didnt have any trust in humans. He’d literally shake in fear if you approached him. It took about a year or two of TLC to get him to trust man again. Then when we thought everything was going well, he was hit by a car. Lost several teeth, snout and jaw was broken, back leg broken, ribs broken...that all heals...but what didn’t heal was the brain damage. After the accident he’d have several seizures daily. The vets gave us the choice of either putting him on very expensive pills for the rest of his life to control them, or put him down. He had several bad spills in his time....the one I remember most is when he collapsed into the christmas tree and had a seizure. We had to lift the tree off of him and untangle him from the lights. We ended up putting him down after a week of seizures. Poor thing.