I think I need to clarify my earlier statement about feeding her.

I would feed him a medium/large prey item about every 6-8 days for a few weeks, so he can get his strength up, then I would switch to a slightly longer rotation (perhaps 8-10 days). I would still feed a smaller prey item a bit more often, rather than a larger prey item a bit less often, as it might prevent him from becoming overly hungry and a bit too eager to feed.

However, this is all just stuff I've read from caresheets. I'm in no way an expert.

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How many of us have ever thought seriously about eating a rat, just once, to see how it tastes?

Nobody?

Me neither.

That's what we do with Spectre's fuzzies and it works like a charm. No smell at all....I'm starting to get worried though after reading this thread...Is there no smell because we're using fuzzies, and as he moves into larger prey things will start stinking? I'm not looking forward to that, if that's what's in store. Yuck. Or is it rats as opposed to mice that smell worse?

I guess I'll just have to put a clothespin on my nose, 'cause a snake's gotta eat!

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~Juliane~

I haven't noticed a smell with my f/t, you ought to try raising your own mice, now there is a smell. lol

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I use everything from pinkie mice to small rats and have never noticed any smell with thawing any of them. And I thaw them laying open on a saucer in a warm area. Where are you getting your frozen feeders? If there is a lot of smell they may have been thawed and refrozen at some point resulting in a little bit of decomposition having set in.

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I get mine from RodentPro.com. I've always noticed a slight smell. Maybe my schnozz if just more sensitive than most.

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How many of us have ever thought seriously about eating a rat, just once, to see how it tastes?

Nobody?

Me neither.

My son swears he can smell Spectre's fuzzies...even though nobody else can. Maybe some people are more sensitive.

Is there any problem with thawing dinner in a cup of warm water without a bag? We've had to do that a few times because we were out of bags, and Spectre really seems to like wet fuzzies. I wasn't sure if that was ok for too much of the time though. My son swears they smell stronger to him wet, but I can't smell them at all, wet or dry.

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~Juliane~

They smell worse to me when wet, as my garter has them in his water bowl, and by crickey they stink

Really??

Before I got the snake, Dubious lived with my mom. A lot was going on and poor Dubious had almost been forgotten about. She hadn't had food or water and when my mom finally realized and opened the tank she was bitten. I was not there, but my mom said that it wasn't even half as bad as getting a cat scratch. That is the only time that my snake has struck at anyone. Mabey I'm just lucky. Have you ever been bitten? Is it really that bad??

I dont have any experience with Burms...(yet)...but I've done 100's of hours of research on them....and from what I've read....even a young burmese python has the potential to do a considerable amount of damage if it hits you in the right spot

Well - I have had Burms from hatchlings upto 12' long. I do have a few comments. Baby snakes tend to go for more vital parts, like the eyes. I got tagged once right below my eyeball when I was looking at a litter of het granite burmese babies. Very interesting concepts.


The only thing that larger snakes have going is bigger teeth. Trust me, when an adult wants a piece of you, you REALLY need to watch it, because they are more likely to grab and gnaw and not just release. 100+ razor sharp teeth being ground into your flesh is not fun, trust me, and for a second opinion, ask Merlin.

Paul