Scenting still not working

[RedSidedSPR]

AAARRRRGH!! NOW HE'S NOT EATING ANY MORE!! He ate that one but wont eat any more! scented or unscented. I even waited a week again before feeding hiim.

[guidofatherof5]

He ate back on the 8th, so it hasn't been a terribly long time.
You may just nave a fussy eater.
Most of the time they know what's best.
Their schedule not ours, sometimes

[RedSidedSPR]

It was a day or two before the 8th but whatever. It's not just that he wont eat worms it's cause he wont eat anything else but Rosy red minnows which you say are bad for him. I dont have any local bait stores or pet stores that carry any other kind of fish.
I ahve tried fancy guppies but he wont even eat them. And they're 3.30 a pop!

[guidofatherof5]

He will eat the others but you need to fool him. Buy a couple rosies and guppies.
Put the rosies, guppies and some cut-up worms in a small(preferably round) container.
Add is some fish water, then add the snake. The feeding response will happen and chances are good he'll eat some worms and guppies also.
Just an idea but one that has worked most of the time for my troubled eaters.
The only difference is I've never had a snake that was a specific Rosy eater.

[RedSidedSPR]

I dont doubt that I could get him to eat guppies, but I cant find feeders. I cant keep buying 1.30-3.30 fancy guppies from petsmart who are the only ones with any guppies.

[guidofatherof5]

I dont doubt that I could get him to eat guppies, but I cant find feeders. I cant keep buying 1.30-3.30 fancy guppies from petsmart who are the only ones with any guppies.

Then overload the container with worm chunks and couple rosies.
After a few meals of worms and the taste will be acquired. Or so we hope.

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, fish eaters are usually the easiest to "convert" over to eating other foods since the smell of fish transfers easily. After tricking them into eating other things by mixing with fish, most snakes start getting used to the smell and texture of other foods and eventually will eat them without scenting.

[RedSidedSPR]

I'll keep trying the scenting. I've cut worms before but dicing worms like that sounds plain nasty. But I'll do it.
Also do any of know where I could look for feeder guppies? Where do you buy them?

And is this normal? He only eats, like, 2-4 minnows a week! Always has. I've offered him more with no luck

[ConcinusMan]

Not near as nasty as dicing up frozen pinkies or peeling the fur off of frozen adult mice, but I do it. Gotta do whatcha gotta do.

[guidofatherof5]

I'll keep trying the scenting. I've cut worms before but dicing worms like that sounds plain nasty. But I'll do it.
Also do any of know where I could look for feeder guppies? Where do you buy them?

And is this normal? He only eats, like, 2-4 minnows a week! Always has. I've offered him more with no luck

How much and how often depends on how big the snake is. Worms seem to pass the fastest, then fish and last is pinkies.

As far as where to get guppies, you'll just have to let your fingers do the walking.
You might put something on Craigslist and see if a breeder might be willing to sell some.
Most people that have guppies have way more than they want.