In November 2008, I bought a healthy baby Dumeril's Boa. He ate a live mouse every six or seven days, no problem. He prefered to eat in the dark and took around ten to fifteen minutes. Early Febuary, he had stopped eating. I knew he would eat when he was hungry, so I was patient and continued to offer a small mouse every week.
In mid April, he ate, finally. Although, he hasn't eaten since. He has also started to kill them, then abandon them. He has done this every time I've tried feeding him since May. He still looks pretty healthy and has not lost too much weight.
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he is in a 20 long tank. He has a cooler spot of around 80 and a warmer side of around 93 degrees, he has multiple hide on each side. He has a thick layer of substrate for him to burrow. He is also very active and a sweetheart : ).
I have tried different feeding arangments (he prefers feeding at night, in a dark place), frozen, tons more. To get him to kill, I had to lure him by using tongs to lure him.
any advice/experience is much apriciated!
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