9 month fast finally over!!!

[Wizard]

My male and female piebalds simultaneously went on a very long and concerning fast. They were 10 months and 8 months respectively. And needless to say, after 6 months I started getting worried.

I called my breeder, (Garrick DeMyer) and he didn't seemed concerned he told me not to worry and to offer prey once a week and not to stress them. I also took advice from Justin who recommends moving fasting snakes to a different environment to eliminate any scent issues that my be going on.

Well, finally they started eating last month and are slamming rats every 5-7 days and are slowly gaining weight.

I wish I learned some tips, tricks or secrets to get a BP to eat but what I learned is what you really need is patience and perseverance.

Anyone else want to share your BP fasting experiences?

[Sirensong26]

So far I'm only at two weeks, but as it's my first snake and my first fast, when he refused a couple weeks ago, needless to say I got scared haha. But after coming on here and having people tell me "wait till you start counting refusals in months" I became less nervous lol.

[Wizard]

If you don't already have one, I'd get a gram scale and monitor his weight monthly. I was surprised that in the 9 months that my pieds went on their strike they only lost ~5% of their body weight.

[albinos_rule]

Yeah they wont lose much weight during a normal fast with no other issues going on

[Sirensong26]

I keep meaning to pick one up when I'm at wal-mart or target but I never actually think about it when I'm there. ^_^*. Anyhow, he ate just this past weekend. But you're right. I'll make sure to grab a scale this weekend after payday. I'm trying to slowly collect all the materials I'll need to fully immerse myself in the hobby