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Ivory Soap and Problem Feeders?

Magicwhisper

Magicwhisper

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I read on another site that for problem feeders you could wash the food in ivory soap and it will trigger something in the snake to eat it.... It was discovered by the ASU herp department... They say that they have a 100% success rate..... Is this true and is it safe? Any advice?
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"Well a new discovery has been found i tried it and it worked. This will shock u but if u do it right it helps for a snake thats not eating. Ready---- Ivory bar soap----- what u do is rub it all over the pinky or rat or w/e then wash it really good so that no bubbles apear anywhere on the mouse ( about 2 minutes -3 minutes) then the sent of the soap triggers somthing to the snake making it want the food item. Now it doesnt work with any other soap only Ivory bar soap. I tried it today for my spotted python because he wasnt eating and it worked. this discovery was made by ASU herpitology department. Way to go ASU!"
 
Well, I would be interested in seeing the full article. I wouldn't think the idea would be to leave behind a bunch of soap residue, but who knows? I'm about 99% sure that I have read on this board someone who suggested spraying a pinky with windex and then rinsing it off extra thoroughly to make sure all the windex was off. Something about the freshly cleaned pinky minus the strong pinky odor was good enough to get stubborn hatchlings to eat. Hopefully, if anyone else remembers that, they will mention it. However, the key point is to RINSE the pinky very well so as not to leave any of the cleaning agent behind. I don't know if that really helps or not.:shrugs:


EDIT: Here is where I read the windex bit. http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24355&highlight=windex
 
Actually its not what you clean it with, its the fact that is is cleaned. Many snakes are suspicious of the smells of frozen rodents, by washing it the different smells are removed leaving a more clear rodent smell the snakes recognize a little better.
 
DaemoNox said:
Actually its not what you clean it with, its the fact that is is cleaned. Many snakes are suspicious of the smells of frozen rodents, by washing it the different smells are removed leaving a more clear rodent smell the snakes recognize a little better.
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Well, actually it is what soap you use. Irish Spring wanted to be the 'soap of choice', but could not agree on the terms with the NRFU (national reptile food union). Ivory Soap, 'smelled' an opportunity and offered the union kick backs before any of the competition was even aware of what had transpired. It was Ivory's ability to act fast that allowed them to really 'clean up'.:sidestep:



Sorry,:rolleyes: I couldn't resist.
 
dwyn127 said:
Well, actually it is what soap you use. Irish Spring wanted to be the 'soap of choice', but could not agree on the terms with the NRFU (national reptile food union). Ivory Soap, 'smelled' an opportunity and offered the union kick backs before any of the competition was even aware of what had transpired. It was Ivory's ability to act fast that allowed them to really 'clean up'.:sidestep:
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Which leaves us with what, a bunch of stanky people without a pension? :grin01:
Sorry,:rolleyes: I couldn't resist.
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Yeah, me neither. :shrugs:

regards,
jazz
 
Funny this should be posted now. Tonight was the first time that I've tried this trick with my non-feeders. So far, after 10 minutes, one of the House Snakes that I hatched that has never eaten just ate. I'll keep ya posted on the rest.
 
After a couple of hours, 3 of the 10 non-feeders ate using the soap method. I'm going to leave them overnight (which is going to stink) but we'll see how many more take their food :)
 
Well... all in all, 4 out of the 10 ate. These were all snakes that hadn't eaten ever. I am going to try out the rest of the non-feeders soon.
 
I used Trader Joes store brand dish soap. From what I understand, the basics is just to get the mouse urine scent off of the pinks. Ivory is always mentioned, and it might work well, but I just grabbed the soap we have in our kitchen. I might try Ivory soap on some of the more stubborn ones that didn't eat yet to see if that makes any difference.
 
Too bad my 3 non-feeders have already gone through a kingsnake. I would have liked to have tried the Ivory method. I used regular yellow anti-bacterial liquid hand soap on these 3, but to no avail. I wonder if Ivory brand would have made a difference...
 
WOW... began reading this thread thinking it was some kind of joke :eek1: But with all the success I am seeing I will definately have to remember this for when I begin to produce hatchings. :cheers:
 
Joejr14 said:
Woot Woot!

Dawn does the job! One amber motley eating!
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Congrats Joe. :cheers:
I am starting the second lot of non-feeders in a couple minutes. I'll keep everyone posted.
SilentLore said:
WOW... began reading this thread thinking it was some kind of joke But with all the success I am seeing I will definately have to remember this for when I begin to produce hatchings.
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It's funny, I had heard about this method LONG ago, but had never used it. I had always had success with all of the other tricks. But this year, I have some very stubborn snakes and I had run out of options. But all of a sudden I remembered this one. I washed the pinks and put them in with the snakes and got on the computer, where I saw this thread.
I think I'm becoming psychically linked to CS.com
 
Well, shoot. I'm willing to try anything with this little hussy I got two weeks ago. Thanks, Joe, for posting that you used Dawn as I don't have Ivory.

Cross your fingers for us! :santa:
 
Kitty said:
Well, shoot. I'm willing to try anything with this little hussy I got two weeks ago. Thanks, Joe, for posting that you used Dawn as I don't have Ivory.

Cross your fingers for us! :santa:
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Yah, who owns Ivory? Has to be the NASTIEST soap on the market.
 
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