New baby BP won't eat

I put a small mouse in her cage and she won't eat it):

Thawed mouse not live lol

I feel your pain. I don't know what I was thinking last weekend when I bought a hatchling, I thought I was done with this for a while! Now I have his new girl who has only had 2 meals since she was born on November 21st. Her last meal with the breeder was 13 days ago so I'm not too worried yet but I would really be happier if she ate soon.

1. How long ago did you get the snake? You want to give it at least a full week without handling or feeding to let it get settled in. Don't try to feed it until a full week has passed.

2. How did you prepare the f/t mouse and how large was it? (You want to make sure it's fully warmed and appealing to the snake)

3. What are conditions like in the tank? Sometimes snakes won't eat if their husbandry is wrong. I know you were asking a lot of questions on the forum this week - were you able to get things set up properly before you purchased your snake?

I have a box for her to hide in(which she always does) Ive held her ever since I got her, she is very scared. Any fast movement she jumps pretty quick , um I have a heater under tank and a light heater(light stays on 8 hours a day) she almost seems as if she's scared of the mouse . It was heated and is a adult mouse

And I got her about 3 days ago, a 20 gal tank

What was she eating before you got it?
What is the temperature above the UTH?
What are you using to regulate the UTH?

Not regulating the temperature

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She was eating frozen rat fuzzys

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Originally Posted by Vincentleo

Not regulating the temperature

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Fix your husbandry first and UNPLUG your UTH till you can properly control it.

I'm a little concerned you haven't listened to any of the answers we've given you in previous posts. Did you read the caresheet? Did you consider following the instructions in the Tank Set-up Tutorial? These are both tried-and-true information sources.

As mentioned before, your snake isn't eating because A) you're handling her too much and too soon after buying her, and/or B) her conditions are incorrect. Please read the above resources and fix your BP's home so she can be happy, healthy, and hungry!

Edit: By the way, rats are the recommended food source for BPs. Frozen rats are much easier to feed in the long run. If your snake was eating frozen rats before, I'd recommend you keep her on frozen rats now. Not to mention it's the food she's familiar with!