Vote for BP.Net for the 2013 Forum of the Year! Click here for more info.

» Site Navigation

» Home
 > FAQ

» Online Users: 595

0 members and 595 guests
No Members online
Most users ever online was 47,180, 07-16-2025 at 05:30 PM.

» Today's Birthdays

None

» Stats

Members: 75,909
Threads: 249,112
Posts: 2,572,161
Top Poster: JLC (31,651)
Welcome to our newest member, KoreyBuchanan
Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 11
  1. #1
    Registered User dereklondon24's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2011
    Location
    Norfolk, Va
    Posts
    226
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 53 Times in 50 Posts

    About damn time!!

    The 5 month fasting period is officially over. I finally convinced my 2 year old male normal blitz that it was time to stop being a chode and eat. Thanks to my friend Joe Ellis and i pretty crazy little trick he finally decided to stop being stubborn. Phew its nice to have that over with. Im going to give him about 5 days or so and then try to give him a med rat and hopefully he keeps up the good work. It was the best feeling ever seeing him hit that rat

  2. #2
    Registered User JeffD's Avatar
    Join Date
    02-05-2010
    Location
    Georgia USA
    Posts
    136
    Thanks
    20
    Thanked 37 Times in 37 Posts
    Images: 23
    Ive got 2 doing the same thing right now, they both did it this time last year...

    sent from my EVO , with Tapatalk
    Jeff Davis
    Facebook -yes
    1.0 Normal BP (Rescue, caught)
    1.0 Albino BP (high contrast)

  3. #3
    Registered User dereklondon24's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2011
    Location
    Norfolk, Va
    Posts
    226
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 53 Times in 50 Posts
    Well he's the only ball I have and it's the 2nd Time in 2 years he has done it but I'll tell u what there is no better feeling the. Seeing him strike that rat


    ---
    I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.863018,-76.206359
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 Nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 Red Tail Boa- Tara
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 red tail boa- Tara

  4. #4
    BPnet Senior Member Slim's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-17-2008
    Location
    Gainesville, FL
    Posts
    7,739
    Thanks
    3,258
    Thanked 4,252 Times in 2,630 Posts
    Images: 1
    What was the trick? Do share!
    Thomas "Slim" Whitman
    Never Met A Ball Python I Didn't Like

  5. The Following User Says Thank You to Slim For This Useful Post:

    blueberrypancakes (02-11-2012)

  6. #5
    Registered User dereklondon24's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2011
    Location
    Norfolk, Va
    Posts
    226
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 53 Times in 50 Posts
    Well I went to the pet store today and was going to just look around (yeah right lol) well a pretty well- know. Breeder in these parts named Joe Ellis and I were talking and he told me to try this. I bought a small rat and he put some mouse bedding in there for scent and he told me to feed my ball in a pitch black room and to shine a flashlight on the mouse kind of like a spotlight effect and surprisingly that's all it took. He rocked that rats world.


    ---
    I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=36.863056,-76.206350
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 Nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 Red Tail Boa- Tara
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 red tail boa- Tara

  7. The Following User Says Thank You to dereklondon24 For This Useful Post:

    DellaF (02-10-2012)

  8. #6
    BPnet Senior Member DellaF's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-28-2010
    Location
    Lynchburg, VA
    Posts
    2,913
    Thanks
    341
    Thanked 1,027 Times in 993 Posts
    Yeah share the trick I have a couple that are being hard headed. My Spider girl finally ate after a month. Unfortunately she would only take a mouse. She was eating rats. Now she won't take a rat


    I posted to slow. I will have to try that.
    Last edited by DellaF; 02-10-2012 at 11:42 PM.
    1.0 Normal (Rocko)
    1.0 Mojave (Mac)
    1.0 Pastel Ghost (Zeus)
    0.1 Spider (Zarah)
    1.0 Butter (Jagger)
    0.1 Coral Albino Boa (Josslynn)
    1.0 Kenyan Sand Boa (Cee Lo)
    Black Cat Nivea)
    Dachshund (Isabella) (Murphy) (Lilli)
    Mixed Breed (Heidi)

  9. #7
    BPnet Senior Member Slim's Avatar
    Join Date
    11-17-2008
    Location
    Gainesville, FL
    Posts
    7,739
    Thanks
    3,258
    Thanked 4,252 Times in 2,630 Posts
    Images: 1
    Very cool. I hope he gets back to his regular feeding schedule. I'm pretty sure I've met Joe. Might have been at Animal Jungle a few years back.
    Thomas "Slim" Whitman
    Never Met A Ball Python I Didn't Like

  10. #8
    Registered User blueberrypancakes's Avatar
    Join Date
    08-04-2011
    Posts
    541
    Thanks
    244
    Thanked 63 Times in 50 Posts
    Yes!!! Awesome, glad your snake is eating for you again. did you feed live?

  11. #9
    Registered User dereklondon24's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2011
    Location
    Norfolk, Va
    Posts
    226
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 53 Times in 50 Posts
    yeah i did feeed live, i usually have to when he goes on those long fasts its really the only way hell eat after all that time but i def sit there like an over worrying parent and grab the rats legs so it cant dig into him when hes constricting
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 red tail boa- Tara

  12. #10
    Registered User dereklondon24's Avatar
    Join Date
    12-31-2011
    Location
    Norfolk, Va
    Posts
    226
    Thanks
    9
    Thanked 53 Times in 50 Posts
    della try putting mouse bedding in a small box with a rat and leaving it in there for a while.
    1.0 normal bp- Blitz
    1.0 nicaraguan boa- Gavin
    0.1 red tail boa- Tara

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v4.2.1