new BP owner (((PROBLEMS FEEDING)))

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Originally Posted by leakyfawcet

also how much handling is too much ..and on the other hand whats the minimum amount?

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Well there isn't really too much or two little. You just need to learn what your snake can tolerate.
Some people hold them once a day, (which is sorta too much in my opinion) others only hold them when they clean the cage, like once a week or less.
I hold my BP once a week or more but if he has eaten or is in shed I leave him alone for a few extra days.

For a new snake I'd try maybe once every day or two but only for 5-10 minutes and work your way up too maybe 20 minutes then 30 minutes and you should be fine by then... but make sure you gave him the time to settle in! and try not to get too close to his head at first!
They are also head shy and it can take extra time for them to get used to you coming close to there head! Just a tip!
GL!

I don't do any handling at all other than to move them around for cage cleaning or perhaps to weigh them, until they have taken a number of weekly meals (for me usually about 4 in a row or so). I figure when it comes to handling I have literally years to do that but only a finite amount of time to get a snake settled and into a solid feeding pattern.

I would suggest you wait a week, pre-scent the area and see how it goes.

how do i pre scent???also i have heard for the most part that BPs do get tammer as they age but someone had told me the columbian red tails are actually less nippy and easier to tend to ie. eating habits, but most dont kno what to do with them when they grow large...

You just take a live rodent plus a bit of it's used bedding, place it in a well ventilated but rodent proof container and set the container on top of the snake's enclosure (on the lid). Then leave them like that for about an hour in a quiet room. The nice rodent scent and the scurrying around of the rodent will hopefully interest your snake and get it primed to strike when you come back in and put the rodent into the snake's enclosure.

Also, pinkies are entirely too small for a year old snake - they're too smale for hatchlings (if you're talking about mouse pinkies).

A yearling male can easily take a full grown adult mouse (if all his husbandry requirements are spot on, and he's not stressed).

Pictures of your enclosure may help us to identify some stressors for you.