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Tease Feeding
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by ptviprz on February 17, 2001
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This article cracks me up.
I have been there so many times....frozen for 30 minutes praying this little snake will eat.
I would recommend that anyone thinking about getting into arboreal vipers start with an aggressive species.
Eyelash are very hard to start and even moreso if you have no experience. They get very aggressive later, but as babies will drive you nuts. I have one that I fed PP to for 5 months before she took a pink. I felt like a god that day ;-] The nice little White Lips are pretty easy to start and the T.trigonocephalus are very easy. Of course the trigo's are very expensive.
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A Treatise onTease Feeding
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by mudfoot on June 21, 2002
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i am a long time herp-keeper, but just started with hots about six months ago. i have a pair of huge gaboons and a 5ft atrox. a friend of mine inadvertently breed his white lips, then rather than working with them to get them to feed...just gave them to me. i really didn't want them or the headache of "fight-feeding" them. however your article has given me renewed vigor to work with these cute little guys. i really feel like i've learned something and it's good to know that even the "pros" get frustrated...thanx--jay
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by boams on July 1, 2003
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I have an extremely finicky boa and I will tease and tease and she won't have anything to do with it. She is very passive and live rats are too aggressive. She will just retreat and I end up having to give her a bunch of little mice to get her to eat. However, I found that if I defrost a rat in the microwave slightly, just enough to warm it a little, she will eat it immediately??? It has worked every time. The only thing I worry about is overheating because I don't want to burn her insides if the rat is too hot.
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RE: A Treatise onTease Feeding
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by DM on November 20, 2007
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Try using hot water instead of the microwave to thaw your rodents! It takes a little longer, but it is much safer and more sanitary. Who hasn't had eyeballs pop inside the nuker and had to wipe down the walls when you're done? That's no fun for anyone.
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