Help to getting a baby BP to go potty

Poor thing, he looks backed up try soaking him like I said. Try this 2-3 times a day until it passes should work. Ive had good luck with doing this, after it passes quit force feeding I think his current weight is ok to try a couple things.


He might be a extremely picky eater try this.

Not that he doesn't want to eat he might just want that extra privacy. My female Albino Pin wont eat in the day time she will only eat at night when the room is pitch dark. I have to drop the rat in her tub and sit there in the dark for 20 minutes before she will come out and kill it.

Then when I hear the squeak I turn the lights on and inspect to make sure the rat isn't biting her then I turn lights off and leave her alone. Since shes been in my care I have been able to feed her 3-4 times in the day now. I can tell shes getting less picky with privacy. I can guarantee in another 1-2 months she will eat at any time for me.

How I started with with her not being as picky/private is I would drop a walker rat in a blacked out tub. The rat was something I knew wouldn't hurt her and smaller then what she normally ate and could be left in her tub overnight.

To black out the tub, just take a black piece of construction paper and tape on front of his tub.

I don't believe in force feeding, snakes like this think they are gonna eat like this there whole life and are babied. I understand hes not eating, force feeding also causes stress and if hes jammed up and you keep jamming food down him its going no where.

I will try those things, but to be honest I have done them before. The room the rack use to be in was pitch black, had no windows. I would put a rat fuzzie/crawler in his tub over night, and leave him completely undisturbed all night and even into the next morning, nothing, would find him snuggled up to the rat in his hide. I have tried mice fuzzies and hoppers, live, I have tried ASF fuzzies and hoppers, live, all over night. I have had him in the same small tub since he hatched, until recently. I have tried the paper bag with the fuzzy in it overnight, and again nothing. I have withheld all feeding attempts for over 2 weeks and offered live again, nothing. I have tried to scent a mouse fuzzy with lizard scent, and nothing. I have put him in a deli cup overnight with a fuzzy, nothing. I have tried all of these things during the day too, and still nothing. And I no longer have to force him. All I do now is get him to open his mouth and put it in and then he eats it with gusto. He just refuses to strike at it and grab it, he has never, not once struck at anything, not even in defense. He refused my last attempt to offer live, without assisting, and so I was going to wait til he has pooped before trying again. But I promise that for the last nearly 9 months I have been trying to get him to eat on his own, I want him to eat on his own. :D

Yeah I understand he probably has you frustrated at this point. Silly snake just opening his mouth like that! I read your post didn't see anything in there about offering f/t have you tried that? Yeah defiantly wait on the force feeding till he goes.

If any one else has any tricks that they can try, please feel free to chime in. :D

Clean his enclosure. That always seems to get mine to go.

Diamond, I haven't done F/T, but have done fresh pre-killed, he still didn't take it without me putting it in his mouth. I call him my special BP, lol. Truthfully I think he is kinda lazy, lol. Well I cleaned his cage today when I found the fresh shed, so here's hoping ;) lol