We just fed him about an hour ago. It was a bit of work, but we finally got him to take it. (soaked in almost boiling water with beef flavoring in it.) I was a bit apprehensive at first but got into trying to get him to take it. When he finally did, I was in for a bit of a surprise..... is it normal for the prey to burst open and have entrails hanging out all the while being almost severed in half? Luckily I was able to handle it (my mothers cat used to leave multiple dead animals, rodents and others on the walkway every morning. It got to the point where they were not even necessarily whole. A head here, a body here, half of a body here, the other half missing, a couple feet, a pile of organs, a few tails scattered around, a but end with intestines hanging out.. you get the idea.
Anyways... it took him a while to get it aligned properly to start taking in, and then a while more to get it down. He then started making himself climb upwards (im assuming to help it go down). After it was down he started slithering around and is rubbing his face on things. I read that this could be to help re-align his jaw or wipe is face, does that sound right? Right now he has seemed to have settled down resting atop the log hide on the warm side of the tank.
Since it was our first time feeding him, I only ended up giving him the one mouse. The mouse was not really big enough for him though as once it was down in his body, it was not even noticeable. I would like to switch him over to rats as soon as possible but I will have to look around on how to go about doing so. In the meantime, for future feedings, should I offer him another mouse after he is done getting the first one down? Do I wait a day or so?
Anyways, I just wanted to give an update. I was very happy that he took the food! Not so happy about it being so messy though.....:headshake2:
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