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Posted by Brandon_C on August 04, 2002 at 10:53:31:
In Reply to: I can\'t remember who suggested braining, but . . . posted by Trust on August 03, 2002 at 22:26:34:
:...THANKS!!!
:I acquired a pair of '02 blacktail cribos almost 3 weeks ago. The male is fairly calm, and eats fuzzies pretty well (he does like a little privacy, though, LOL).
:The female, however, is another matter. She hasn't eaten since I got her before today. SO today I decided maybe fuzzies look to big to her, so I gave her a 2 day old pink. The thing crawled all over her head, but she ignored it and just watched me. She's more prone to defensive reaction than the male.
:Well, as I was feeding my other snakes, I had a frozen/thawed small hopper. More like a mature fuzzy. For some reason I suddenly remembered reading somewhere about "braining." I though it was worth a shot, even though I was pretty sure it wouldn't work. I've never heard of snake that won't take live food but will take thawed.
:Nonetheless, I took out my knife and cut open the hoppers head and some of the brain matter oozed out. I dropped this in with her and set about continuing the feeding of the other snakes. To my sheer amazement, when I glanced over at her a minute or so later, she had the hopper's head in her mouth! I froze, afraid movement might make her drop it. Eventually she swallowed the whole thing. I was afraid it would be too big for her, but it wasn't too noticeable.
:Anyway, thanks to whoever posted the suggestion of braining. I'm very relieved she ate.
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