Category Archives: Updates

Alice had eat the day before and was just relaxing on the cool side. That side of her habitat is 20″ wide. She is coiled 3 times and laying on part of her tail. She is an easy 6′ long … Continue reading →

Drove back out to Mice Direct today to pick up a bag of large mice since Alice did not seem to like the jumbo adults. I also went back to the old way of feeding her in a separate bin … Continue reading →

I tried to get Alice to accept xl adult mice in an attempt to get her back on more properly sized food items. Last feeding she did eat one of the xl mice and well as a large mouse. She … Continue reading →

Had Alice out for a little while before feeding her today. Generally it is recommended not to handle a snake before feeding it due to stress. Alice really does not seem to care one way or the other as long … Continue reading →

Fed Alice 6 large mice today. I wanted to see if I could get her to go for a live rat pup however Wildside was out of them today. The thought is if I can get her interested in the … Continue reading →

Fed Alice 5 large mice today. She could have eat more however that is all I had other than rats. This was just less stressful than trying to get her to eat the rats I have been offering her.

Alice did not eat the medium rat the other night. In fact she was just laying on it the next morning. I gave her a break yesterday and am trying to feed her again today. First try will be a … Continue reading →

Since Alice has accepted only a few medium rats since late last year I decided to try one of the suggested prey drive triggers of braining the rat. I thawed out a 112g medium rat and got it nice and … Continue reading →

Alice refused the weanling rats again this feeding and only ate the mouse that was used to scent the rats. Looking back over the past feedings where she did eat the scented rats, the mouse used to scent them was … Continue reading →