Just LIke A Watched Pot Never Boils...

Sometimes a watched snake doesn't eat.

Fed our new spider baby today. We put the mouse hopper in and watched for 20 minutes. Nothing. We go eat dinner. 10 minutes later we come back and he's halfway swallowing it.

I care more that he ate than watching it happen so it makes me happy. :)

I have a couple with stage fright also lol.

I've got some that will stop mid-mouse if they see you looking.

So true! When my bp was a baby I had a difficult time getting her to eat at first too. After several weeks and many minutes spent hovering over her expectantly every feeding day, she finally took a live fuzzy right after I had walked into the next room for a minute. I was so thrilled, plus I had left my camera recording just in case, so I could still watch it after the fact! :D It's always such an awesome feeling when they eat for you the first time!

Funny enough, my BP will kill the mouse without issue, but when it comes to actually eating it, he will wait until I have the camera out and am videotaping him ( I have videoed him eating since day 1). I found this out a couple weeks ago because I was in a rush to get him fed before work and dropped the mouse in, he struck and killed it right away, then he just looked up at me and started moving around over the mouse flicking his tongue, occasionally raising his head up out of the bin to look at me. So I though I would just leave him with it, came back and checked on him after getting dressed for work, still nothing. So I though I would document him not eating the mouse and try to figure why later on (which he has never done before) but as soon as I took the camera out, pointed it at him and started taping, he immediately turned the mouse and started eating it. I think I have an exhibitionist eater. He is not shy about it at all, a couple of my buddies usually come over and watch him eat each week as well and there has never been an issue. Sorry for the long post, I just though it was an interesting little story to share.

this calls for spy camera :D lol i love to see them eat :mouse2::hungry: