How to: Scenting Worms???

[J@50n]

Sometimes it takes hunger to make a change.
Once in awhile I'll have to withhold food from a snake for a couple food cycles.
Once they are good and hungry they aren't so picky.

I did that, he went two days without a meal... or are you talking more around a week?

[guidofatherof5]

Maybe two weeks in some cases.
Won't hurt them a bit.

[kibakiba]

Two days is nothing for a snake. When I want my snakes to eat something in particular that they don't like, I wait up to 3 weeks. I offer it every few days, but sometimes they hold out for a long time. A week and a half to two weeks should be fine.

[J@50n]

Is it bad to over-feed a snake?

[guidofatherof5]

Yes. They can become overweight.
Babies can also eat until they die. Doesn't happen very often.

[RedSidedSPR]

Yes. They can get fat just like us.

Another siuggestion, try hand/tong feeding, get it up in his grill and he may be more into it.

I'm serious. Find something he'll eat, chop it up with worms. He'll eat it.

[J@50n]

Yes. They can get fat just like us.

Another siuggestion, try hand/tong feeding, get it up in his grill and he may be more into it.

I'm serious. Find something he'll eat, chop it up with worms. He'll eat it.

I will do this! He is a fatty and already had one toad and a toad/worm mixture... nasty... Poor toady had worm mushed all over him

[RedSidedSPR]

Poor guy

I hand feed my snakes anyway. I only sometimes put it in a dish.

By worm/toad mix what did you mean? Did he eat the worms? Was the toad alive, or chopped?

[J@50n]

The toad was alive yes just smothered in worm guts

He won't eat from my hands either! I tried but he likes to hunt them down it appears... Probably because he doesn't feel 100% secure around humans yet... That would be my only guess...

[RedSidedSPR]

Get tongs (or pliers if you don't have them) and hold a worm, right in the middle of it's body, and offer it to him. The worm will be writhing around, and he won't see you, just the tongs and food! Something that helped mine, was to cut the worms (it was really big though) in half, he seemed to like it more if he smelled the blood and stuff.