feeding kenyan boas

I am pretty excited. The two kenyan boas are starting to feed steadily on f/t fuzzy mice. This is quite promising, but I will probably still sell the male in order to get a nicer one.

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Successful Kenyan Boa Feeding

Last night, I finally got both Kenyan Sand boas to eat F/T. I felt very accomplished.  I've tried brained f/t mice, hot and dried ones, wiggling them, and nothing worked. What worked? Drying off the F/T fuzzy mouse and bouncing it on the bedding. I have heard of this technique before, but I just haven't tried it, nor have I thought about it till yesterday.

Once the female snatched hers, she drug it through the cage... And, don't worry I took her out and while she focused on "killing" it, I took the aspen off.

Here's a picture of the male Kenyan sand boa eating his mouse.



Feeding F/T Mice to Snakes

These are not the best pictures in the world, but they're feeding pictures, as you can see. My female Brazilian Rainbow Boa is enjoying her second weanling F/T mouse, and my male hognose is enjoying a pinkie.

I prefer to feed my snakes frozen/thawed feeders because of many reasons.

1. It's easier for me to go to the freezer for a frozen mouse than it is to raise live mice or to go to the store ever week for live feeders for my snakes.

2. It is cheaper. I can buy jumbo mice, pinkies, young mice, and whatever size mice or rats that I need to last me about 6 months and have them shipped for about $40 with dry ice to my doorstep. It usually costs about $60 or so for plenty of feeder mice for at least 6 months of meals.

3. It's safer for the snakes and less stressful for me. I don't have to worry about the large mice biting my snakes or causing injury to them. I've had rats bite and cause scars on my ball python, and I don't like the feeling. F/T feeder mice and rats are safer and cause less injuries to the snakes.

4. It smells less than live mice. If I were to have enough live mice in my home to feed my snakes for 6 months, there would be plenty of extra smells. I've had mice as pets, and they don't smell the best, so I can't imagine having enough for at least 6 months of feedings.

5. They are less time consuming than live mice. Since, I would have to go to the store for every feeding, since I won't breed and feed off what I've raised, I would have to spend time driving to pick up and wait in line to buy the mice. Plus, I don't have the time to care for any mice that aren't eaten. F/T mice can be thrown out if the snake refuses to eat a meal.