Should I worry about the general room temp?

Right so the room in which my snake is staying in is usually at about 74-78 degrees Fahrenheit, the surface temperature on the hot end is kept at 87-90 with a thermostat and the humidity is at about 60%. My snake hasn't been eating since I got him, I haven't been handling him much because I want to wait until he's eating first. The last time he ate was on the 4th of June, I've looked at his feeding records from the shop and he was eating perfectly for the last 4 weeks before I got him. I just want to know if you guys think I should get a heat lamp or somethin' to raise the ambient temp within my snakes cage, and I also want to get your opinions on whether my snake is not eating due to a husbandry related issue or simply because he isn't used to his new environment yet/fasting?

I'm guessing that my BP is roughly a year old, I haven't got the scales out yet but I'll do that tomorrow and check if his weight is going down.

Never mind, it turns out that my little guy is just too shy to eat in front of people, or he hates his feeding tub. Took him out of his tub an hour ago and put him back in and then left the mouse on one side of the vivarium (it's f/t don't worry) and just checked on him now and he ate it! Or maybe he just put the lil mouse in his hide lol... I hope not!

i think a high 70's-80ish ambient temp is fine. feeding him in a separate tub might be the issue and is probably stressing him out. also how are u prepping the f/t mouse? is it fully thawed and warm enough for him to recognize as prey? give him a couple days, warm up a nice rat and offer it to him in his tub when u see his head poking out of a hide or him roaming after dusk.

I wouldn't bother moving him to feed him, either.

I would put another digital thermometer on cool side to check the ambient temp, 78-82 is recommended. The lowest you would want to let it go would be 75 IMO, 74 would be ok but I personally wouldn't let it get lower than that. I agree to feed in your snakes regular enclosure. Like AX01 said, moving to a separate enclosure may be stressing him out plus the stress of moving a snake after a meal can cause a regurge and I wouldn't want to pick up a snake that is in feeding mode, much safer for both you and the snake to feed in regular enclosure.

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Thanks everyone! Yeah when I was researching up on the feeding tub I was wondering about moving him after he eats, as I know that could cause regurgitation but I thought it was essential to feed them in separate tubs. From now on I'm going to be feeding him in his enclosure anyway as he had no problem eating once I offered him the f/t mouse in his home enclosure! I'll be getting a CHE soon to bump the ambient temp up to 80ish so aslong as 74 is ok temporarily then that's all good! Ax01, yup is was fully thawed, when I moved him out of the feeding tub I blowdried the mouse to warm it up a bit, then put it in his enclosure and he took it. Tried warming it up before in his feeding tub but he still didn't take it, so I'm pretty certain the issue was that he did not like eating in an unfamiliar environment.

Thanks again!

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Originally Posted by Ax01

i think a high 70's-80ish ambient temp is fine. feeding him in a separate tub might be the issue and is probably stressing him out. also how are u prepping the f/t mouse? is it fully thawed and warm enough for him to recognize as prey? give him a couple days, warm up a nice rat and offer it to him in his tub when u see his head poking out of a hide or him roaming after dusk.

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Was gonna say this. Try feeding him in his living enclosure, with something under the prey to keep the substrate from getting in/on it. I had a problem feeder who refused to eat outside his tank, and for good reason: it's completely unnecessary! :)