Supposed Fussy Eater

Ive used some hamsters befor because they were mean and free.

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Originally Posted by CryHavoc17

Actually balls go nuts for guinea pigs. Feed one to a ball one time and they usually wont eat anything else. So while the reasoning may have been nonsense their is a precedented history of BPs going crazy for guinea pigs

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I'm sure they will, don't doubt that, but that's not what I thought was funny. It was the belief they eat them in the wild in Africa.

I don't care what rodent a person feeds to a snake. In my eyes a rodents is a rodent and all of them are kept as pets by folks. One men's pet is another mans feeder.

Don't do guinea pigs, ethical or not, it will be hard to find a constant supplier for them, especially at such small sizes. Not only that, I'm sure it'd be 10x more costly than a rat or mouse.

I would like to clarify, the last thing I said, I wasn't considering it, just trying to understand it lol
and yes it really is incredibly funny that someone said they eat them in the wild of Africa. It sounded believable though, only because I had no clue where they were from, but I knew there was a guinea in west Africa lol. I think it was one of the ladies at the pet store too, so that didn't help me disbelieve the misinformation hahaha

They best way i have found to get my fussy eating bp to eat is by doing a fresh killed. I just use the side of a hammer head and give it a good whack to kill it. Then i use tongs to present it to the bp and juggle it around and usually the movement and smell of blood will get them to eat. Also try using different colors of rats as some will take any color and some like my male will only take brown and not black or white. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Out of all the baby BP's I've raised I've never seen one that just won't eat. As long as you provide your new friend with a proper environment he'll eat. As far as live, F\T, or pre-killed rats, if he's already eating F\T then why change to live? Now, if you offer him a F\T and he won't eat for you then I would try offering a live rat. I feed all my snakes live rats besides 2. The 2 that won't eat live rats are way better "pets" to me. I have to pre - kill the rats for them because they are too passive to kill the rats themselves. If you decide to feed live keep a pencil with you when you feed. Once the snake grabs the rat place the pencil in the rats mouth so it bites the pencil instead of the snake. I also use my feeding tongs to hold the rats back feet. Sometimes the rat will kick and scratch the snake. Good luck with your new friend!

A little late but if anyone was wondering, he hasn't given me a single problem. Live mice, and a consistent home was all he needed apparently lol thanks everyone for helping me prepare for the worst though!

I, like the above post have used hamsters too, and because they were also mean, and free, and it did work, but however at the same time you risk imprinting your snake on the hamsters, or guinea pigs, which would get quite expensive. So I would just put the GP idea on the shelf, whoever told you that didn't have a clue...:O