First Attempt at Feeding: FAIL

Hey Everyone!

Well today I went and picked up a pinky mouse to feed to my BP. Unfortunately, it died on the way home. I decided to try to feed it to my snake anyway, but i tried everything and no luck. First, i took my BP outta his cage and into a shoe box rubbermaid and tried dangling the mouse with tweezers. Then i left it in the rubbermaid for a while and still nothing. So now my BP is back in his cage and the pinky is sitting in the middle of the cage..so first off is this safe for the health of my BP, and if so how long can i keep it in there?

Thanks in Advance!
Mike

Edit-You know what the feeder is actually a hopper mouse, i dont know if that makes a difference but yeah its a hopper

What is the rundown on your setup, BTW theres no need to remove the bp from its original enclosure for feeding

I would leave the pinkie in his cage over night. I've gotten some of my new snakes to feed like that before.

People often leave freshly thawed in over night. You're probably fine doing that.

Also how old is your BP, a pinkie mouse is rather small.

Sorry everyone just to clear something up, the mouse IS a Pinky i'm 95% sure. the guy told me it was a hopper because he was out of pinkies but i saw on a rodent supply website that a hopper is much bigger and furrir than what i have so it IS a Pinky

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

What is the rundown on your setup, BTW theres no need to remove the bp from its original enclosure for feeding

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My Setup is 10 gal with cypress bedding, with a uth and one hide on the warm side and a heat lamp water bowl and a hide on the cool side with a climbing log in the middle. The temps are around 82 on the cool and 90-91 on the warm side with about 56% humidity.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

Also how old is your BP, a pinkie mouse is rather small.

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I'm not sure on age however he's about 18-20" i bought him last week and the guys at the reptile shop said to come back monday and they'd set me up with food and he gave me one pinky, and today i saw somewhere that my size snake should be eating 2 or 3 pinkies so i wanted ask about that too

Thanks Everyone

he should be eating a small mouse...

Try him on med mice or rat pup, see how he does. What is his weight?

Pinky is waaay too small, I started some of my hatchlings on hoppers and have recently bumped them to sub-adult mice last week, they grow quickly and I wouldnt recommend using anything too far below a hopper.

The only way you should be feeding pinkies is if it's an under sized hatchling that hasn't eaten. and if that's the case the breeder should of never sold it.