A nearly ten month feeding strike ended.

[Kymberli]

Quite pleased with how my new Pinstripe, now deemed "Seeley Booth", has adjusted to life at my house.
His little background story can be found HERE.
Bought him a live mouse earlier today, which remained in a Kritter Keeper on top of his tub along with water and appropriate food. I bought the mouse early in the day because I wanted to be sure it was not hungry or thirsty before putting it in the tub, wanted to minimize any risk of biting my beautiful new addition.
I put the paper bag that the mouse came in into the tub for a few hours, which sparked the interest of the snake. After about four hours of watching this adorable little mouse and beginning to fall in love with it, I had to feed it off before I ended up with another pet.
I placed the mouse inside a small, well ventilated tupperware container which I left in the tub for 5 minutes before releasing it.
Once outside the safety of the little container, the mouse did not survive more than ten seconds. Seeley struck, killed, and swallowed the mouse in under five minutes. He then proceeded to hunt around the tub for more since the mouse was so small.

I'd have to say this has been a good night, hopefully he remains consistent with feeding from now on.


EDIT: I forgot to clarify, this is the first time I have offered him food since obtaining him last Wednesday. Seems like "first time's the charm" with all three of the BPs I have received.

[Skittles1101]

YAAAAAY!! I am SO glad to hear he ate for you, congrats!!!

Edit: (needs more happy dances )

[JAYGEE]

Congrats!!:

[cecilbturtle]

very nice

[Simple Man]

Nice work! Get that snake a bunch of mice!

Regards,

B

[kb1290]

Told you he liked you better

[Kymberli]

Nice work! Get that snake a bunch of mice!

Regards,

B

I would really love to just stuff him with food to get that 300g+ that he lost back on, but after ten months without food I'd be afraid to offer him too much too quickly. I'm not completely sure how their digestive system works after not eating for such an extensive amount of time, but I'd imagine it'd be a bit slower at first. I'm going to continue to offer him one mouse every 5 days if he consistently takes them, then hopefully switch to rats pups.. if not, multiple mice.
Hopefully I've got it planned right, suggestions are always welcome.

Told you he liked you better

Haha! I am completely fine with that. Hopefully he puts that weight back on within a couple months.

[kb1290]

Haha! I am completely fine with that. Hopefully he puts that weight back on within a couple months.

Looks like we both had success with our skinny ones tonight! I'm sure he will be back to weight in no time. Hmm I wonder if now that he's eating again if he will take rats as easily as he did before.

[Kymberli]

Looks like we both had success with our skinny ones tonight! I'm sure he will be back to weight in no time. Hmm I wonder if now that he's eating again if he will take rats as easily as he did before.

That would be fantastic if he did, but I'm going to stick with mice for a little while just to kick-start his feeding response and get him on a regular schedule (hopefully). I'd be devastated if I offered a rat, he refused, then went back on strike for one reason or another.

[FrankieCarbone]

yeh its a good feeling when you see that strike and coil, its like having 100 pounds lifted of your shoulders