How do you convert an animal that is used to feeding on live prey items to frozen (prekilled) prey items?
When converting an animal to prekilled prey, try “tease feeding” it by dangling the food item in front of it with a pair of hemostats. Be prepared for the strike and quickly release the prey. If this technique does not work you may first try offering stunned live prey, followed by freshly killed prey and then eventually by offering thawed food items. For more information please refer to the article frozen vs. live in our articles section.
