My son purchased a 6 month old little Jungle boy on January 7th. He's been fairly feisty but is a bit more bark than bite once we get him out of his enclosure. The last time he ate with the breeder was on January 1st.
We have tried feeding him two times with no success. The first we took him out of the enclosure and fed him in another bin. I think that he was so stressed from being moved he wasn't concerned with eating. The second we tried what I call "mouse puppetry". We have forceps and wiggle the mouse a bit in front of him. This time he was in his perch in the viv. I thought maybe he would like to approach from above. Then, we nipped the top of the fuzzy's head and he showed a bit of interest but again nothing, then we left it in there thinking maybe he would just like some privacy. I should add that he struck at the food once during each attempt but he could have been striking at the forceps. He hit the mouse but didn't grab it in his mouth.
I've been reading a bunch about different methods to entice them to eat but I guess my question is more about how stressed these guys may get. I don't want to push if he just needs a little more time to adjust. We did leave him for a week to settle.

- should we only try to feed him once a week? or every 3 or 4 days or so?
- how long can he go without eating? He's little. 49 grams when we got him.
- will he just get hungry enough eventually?

We have a corn snake that is so easy to feed and rarely misses a meal. We've heard what voracious eaters these guys can be so we are a little bit thrown by him not wanting to eat yet.
thank you in advance