BP not eating, questions about feeding methods

[T2theG]

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I recently took in a 2011 female Butter Ghost BP and was told she was eating f/t small rats, but after two weeks, a good shed and plenty of bowel movements she will not eat. I waited 7 days for her to become accustom to here new home, she had the right temps for heat on her hot side, humidity is good and she is very active at night. I figured she was hungry due to all the activity, but the first time I tried feeding she wanted nothing to do with the f/t rat and I left it in the cage for about 2 hours and then figured she didn't want it. So last night I tried again, thinking that another 7 days and she would be very hungry. I was wrong, doing the zombie dance for about 5 minutes I left the rat in the cage over night. The breeder said she was eating f/t small rats and after thawing the rat out I placed it under a heat lamp for about 35 minutes and made sure the temp was no higher than 96 degrees. I forgot to mention, I rescued this sweet girl from a breeder that could not do anything with her because she has a tongue, but does not use it at all. I am wondering if this hinders her ability to smell prey? I thought she would be able to sense it by heat as well, but i'm starting to get worried about her. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

[xXCleoPatraXx]

try a freshly killed rat, if u dont know not know how to do this, shake the rat in a container, it may help:p hopeshe gets to become a good feeder

[Mike41793]

try a freshly killed rat, if u dont know not know how to do this, shake the rat in a container, it may help:p hopeshe gets to become a good feeder

Um no. Do NOT do that. How would you like it if i shook you in a container until you died? There are other methods of euthanasia that are actually humane.

I would give it a little more time before trying a live or p/k rodent.

[coldbloodaddict]

try a freshly killed rat, if u dont know not know how to do this, shake the rat in a container, it may help:p hopeshe gets to become a good feeder

Really?!?! Please do not give advice to shake a rat to death...That is cruel and completely unnecessary!!!!

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Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I recently took in a 2011 female Butter Ghost BP and was told she was eating f/t small rats, but after two weeks, a good shed and plenty of bowel movements she will not eat. I waited 7 days for her to become accustom to here new home, she had the right temps for heat on her hot side, humidity is good and she is very active at night. I figured she was hungry due to all the activity, but the first time I tried feeding she wanted nothing to do with the f/t rat and I left it in the cage for about 2 hours and then figured she didn't want it. So last night I tried again, thinking that another 7 days and she would be very hungry. I was wrong, doing the zombie dance for about 5 minutes I left the rat in the cage over night. The breeder said she was eating f/t small rats and after thawing the rat out I placed it under a heat lamp for about 35 minutes and made sure the temp was no higher than 96 degrees. I forgot to mention, I rescued this sweet girl from a breeder that could not do anything with her because she has a tongue, but does not use it at all. I am wondering if this hinders her ability to smell prey? I thought she would be able to sense it by heat as well, but i'm starting to get worried about her. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Try live.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Um no. Do NOT do that. How would you like it if i shook you in a container until you died? There are other methods of euthanasia that are actually humane.

I would give it a little more time before trying a live or p/k rodent.

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The most humane ways are either co2 or cervical dislocation.

Shaking an animal to death in
A container is just cruel..

[T2theG]

First, I would never shake a rat to death inside of container that is just plain cruel. I will try another couple of times with a f/t because I understand that these things take time and patience. If after the next couple of weeks she still is not eating I think I will try a live feeder because she will need to eat something. If I do this I have heard of sticking a chop stick in the rats mouth if it looks like it might bite the snake during the constricting process. How long do you think she can go without eating while I try to get her to take a f/t? This past Friday was week 4 since her last meal.

Thanks again for all of your help and advice everyone!

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try a freshly killed rat, if u dont know not know how to do this, shake the rat in a container, it may help:p hopeshe gets to become a good feeder

Thank you for your reply, but I would not kill a rat this way to feed my BP. That is just plain cruel and barbaric.

[I-KandyReptiles]

Bps can go months without eating. A lot of members here have had to wait a LONG time for their bps to want food again.

I feed live for most of my bps. I just watch to make sure no little mice teeth get in my Bps and have my feeding tongs ready just in case.

[kitedemon]

How heavy is the snake? Often Around the 1000 gm mark and slow or stop feeding for a bit. Check your temps for smaller snakes under 700 gm I usually use 88 degree warm 78-80 cool and ambient close to 80.


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