advice please

Don't beat yourself up for buying a BP pretty much straight outta the egg. It would have been a better choice to buy an established snake but you got this one and all you can do is learn from it. Really the fault is in the store not you. They shouldn't have been selling snakes like that.

Corns and snakes deffinatly are different when it comes to eatting habits. BP's have a lot more eattin issues.

Wait the 10 days before trying to feed. If it was my snake i'd wait 2 weeks. Then try feeding it like normal. Do it later at night. Feed him in the tank. Do not move him to a different container. If someone has told you to put it in a different container they don't know what they are talking about. If you are feeding live just put it in the tank and leave it for a while. If f/t get a pair of tongs make sure the mouse/rat is good and warmed up and dangle it in the tank in front of the snakes hide. I assume it will be in The hide as they generally are. Don't stick the prey in the hide. Just dangle it a little in the aspen in front of it. If his hea is poking out of the hide a little just keep it in front of him. Let him go to the mouse don't get after him with it or it could scare him.

If he doesn't take it in a couple minutes warm it back up and try it again in a little bit 20 minutes - 1 hour. If he doesn't take it then just leave it in the tank over night. If it is still there in the morning wait another week and try that again.

Thank you for explaining it in detail for me.I really appreciate it....I wanted to keep asking questions but didn't want to get laughed at...noone else said what to do if it didn't work...but you did.you have answered all my questions...I will wait the 2 weeks instead of 10 days....give the lil bugger more time to chill and get hungry...another question...how long would those 4 assist feeds prolong his life if he don't eat?just so I don't worry my ass off if he wont take hopper in 14 days???thanx a million-jonny-

make sure these is lots of stuff in the tank too. fake plants or even balled up newspaper to give cover. Remember they are instinctively afraid of birds so over head cover is important to make a 'secure' feeling set up.

Basically if he isn't drastically loosing weight he could go a while with our having any problems. Healthy mature snakes can go months an months without eatting. Especially in the winter becuase that is their breeding period do they got something else in there mind beside food.

When they are hatchlings you need to be a little more warey. And yours is even a little more special case.

If it was mine this is what I would do if he still continued to not eat. Wait the 2 weeks. Then I would wait another week and try again. If not then I might try waiting another 2 weeks to feed again. As long as it is healthy looking and isn't dropping weight quickly (a gram or two here and there would be normal) I would probably wait 2 months before I started to worry. I'd most likely still wait it out longer but I would start to worry. Again this if the snake is still in good health during that time. I would react different if there was something wrong with its health.

Don't worry about asking questions. Better to have someone laugh at you then do something wrong. If people are just making fun of you then don't talk to them and just deal with those helpin you. This forum is here to ask questions.

You got more questions ask. If you are worried what people might think you can just PM people you know will help you.

Keep an eye on your snakes health. That's the most important thing. Like I said before that is how I would treat my snake in this situation but I would also change what I was doing if the snakes health changed. I just eyeball their health personally but if you want to measure the weight to help you out. Do that just not too often and don't do it a few days before you try to feed. Again make sure he is loosing too much weight. Also if he is becoming really lethargic that is a bad sign too. Which can be hard to tell swing as how balls don't really move much. But when you do take them out just to either check the weight or clean the tank(if needed) it is bad if he is more like a wet noodle.

Well im crossing my fingers.....went sown stairs and my baby is out milling around in the cage as usuall in the evening....tonight is the first feeding attempt since my original post...I just dropped the live hopper in there .....how long till I should go check on him??thanx guys n gals...gosh im nervous...I hope he eats

I'd leave him for 30 mins and check on him. Keep it completely dark, or as dark as possible and do not disturb him the entire time. If you check in 30 mins and he still hasn't eaten, give him some more time.

I have left hopper mice in with a snake over night and the next morning the prey was gone.

Ok.thanx heather.....im sooooo nervous....he is getting skinny and needs to eat....I will keep y'all ipdated

Wooooo hoooooo .....he ate heather....I just opened tub and he was back in his hide over hot side..so I lifted it up and there he sat curled up with a lovely NEW bulge in his tummy.....I honestly shed a tear....its been a long 2 months of worrying....I owe you and a few others a huge huge much appreciated THANK YOU...y'all saved my lil buddy life...im forever gratefulfor the advice...without y'all I would ofnever waited so long to try and feed again...so he would of probably never ate cuz of stress...sorryfor long post..im just overjoyed

Yay!!! I'm so happy and excited for you! Now try again in 5 days and I'm sure he will scarf it down for you again :gj: