One Of My Best Bp Feeders!!

[greghall]

HAS JUST SWITCHED UP ON ME ,HAS STARTED KILLING HER PREY & NOT EATING!!,THE COUNT IS ONE RAT & TWO ASF'S IN TWO WEEKS,MAN WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE THESE THINGS FIGURED OUT THEY THROW YOU IN THE LOOP AGAIN!! BUT ONE GOOD THING MY PASTEL FEMALE THAT HAS BEEN OFF FEED SINCE 8/11 TOOK TWO SMALL ASF'S TONIGHT,I JUST DON'T GET THESE THINGS SOMETIMES!!

[simplechamp]

Maybe wait longer after the refusal until trying again. Hopefully she'll be hungrier and more likely to take the prey down. Would it be normal for her to take 3 prey items in 2 weeks before the refusals started?

[Westcoast]

HAS JUST SWITCHED UP ON ME ,HAS STARTED KILLING HER PREY & NOT EATING!!,THE COUNT IS ONE RAT & TWO ASF'S IN TWO WEEKS,MAN WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE THESE THINGS FIGURED OUT THEY THROW YOU IN THE LOOP AGAIN!! BUT ONE GOOD THING MY PASTEL FEMALE THAT HAS BEEN OFF FEED SINCE 8/11 TOOK TWO SMALL ASF'S TONIGHT,I JUST DON'T GET THESE THINGS SOMETIMES!!

I have had a few balls that would kill the prey and leave it lay ? but as soon as I would use forceps and try to feed the dead rat they would strike constrict a second time and swallow it. Next time give it a try! I have a female that does this every feeding !

[Adam_Wysocki]

In my experience, many times killing a prey item and not eating it can be a sign of stress. Their natural instinct is to kill a prey item, but because they are most vulnerable to predators while they're swallowing, so a stressed (or insecure) animal will kill and not eat.

Triple check your husbandry and maybe try a hide if you don't have one or a smaller hide if you do.

Just a thought.

-adam