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[Chall]

California morphed kingsnake

Age:unknown
status:hibernation
Last fed: 3 weeks ago


Last time I fed this snake he decided the mice weren't going to be eaten right away. Instead he let them dig a hole right after which he went in the hole only to come out minutes later with mouse blood covering half his body and the majority of the bedding in the cage. I then realised he had 2 bite marks on his neck so I quickly put a bacterial killer on it so it would not get infected.

Edited by Chall, January 30 2016 - 10:25 PM.

[Ants4fun]

I would feed them frozen mice. It is better and more humane to the snake and the mouse. Not to mention the fact that the mouse could hurt the snake, which that one just did.

[Chall]

Unfortunately I have no choice he was raised off of live mice so if I try to feed him frozen ones he will simply not eat it

[Chall]

My Lampropeltis p. pyromelana eat frozen but that's because I started it as soon as they were born

[Ants4fun]

Oh, that stinks.

[Subverted]

Unfortunately I have no choice he was raised off of live mice so if I try to feed him frozen ones he will simply not eat it

If you wait awhile after a feed it should be possible to get it switched over. When you thaw out a frozen mouse, hold it with long tweezers and shake it around on the bottom of an empty plastic bin. The snake will probably take it.

 

Also...in the future... don't FEED YOUR SNAKES IN THEIR CAGES. That is the number one way to end up with a snake that thinks anything coming into the cage is food. Always feed in a separate container,  plastic bins are perfect.

[DustyDoes]

If the snake is picky about frozen, buy live and kill it yourself. It'll smell fresh and be normal body temp, but unable to hurt the snake. My ball python has always been reluctant to take frozen, so I had to start with fresh-killed rats, and eventually got him transitioned to frozen-thawed. It can take a few feeding cycles to get done.