Still having feeding issues with my baby BP...

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Originally Posted by linzard

The hopper mouse I got had its eyes open, I would be too afraid to leave it in the enclosure. However I have read the hoppers generally have the eyes close still? I know he wasn't offered live at NERD either. I am just worrying about his weight and such. Could I try leaving a F/T hopper in the enclosure?

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If I'm right fuzzies eyes are closed and hoppers are def not,live that is...now when frozen all there eyes are closed,size don't matter.

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

200,it's been a month,lol,why are u talking about him shedding,apparently that is not the case. Cause he's just going into shed,that was clearly stated....everything in your tank sounds perfect t and well if he's a baby and not eating at all,he's probably sick.

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Maybe it wasn't eating from the beginning because of the stress of the new environment. Now it's going into shed, at which point some don't eat. Both of these things are known to cause some BPs not to eat and in this case they overlapped. 200 was just throwing out things to consider, going into shed was one of them.

This is why I didn't become a middle school teacher.

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

200,it's been a month,lol,why are u talking about him shedding,apparently that is not the case. Cause he's just going into shed,that was clearly stated

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What?

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Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899

200,it's been a month,lol,why are u talking about him shedding,apparently that is not the case. Cause he's just going into shed,that was clearly stated....everything in your tank sounds perfect t and well if he's a baby and not eating at all,he's probably sick.

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What is wrong with you, really? Mine didn't eat for a month only because she would not do f/t, everything in my tank was correct, she wasn't sick, just refusing what she didn't want. Got her live... mean eaten since.

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I recently got 2 new baby balls last week and I've fed them 2x, first time was second day after acquiring them. The Firefly I received was in shed when I got him and ate the same day he shed. He would also avoid the hopper so I put him and the hopper in a smaller container so he couldn't avoid the hopper (I supervised the whole thing) and it worked good for me. Or If your worried about leaving a live mouse in the tub unsupervised I add a block of rodent food for the mouse to eat instead of nibbling on your snake ( I wouldn't leave the mouse unsupervised more than a couple hours) . Wait a couple days between offerings when he doesn't eat to keep from stressing him.