Is my BP dumb enough to starve herself to death?

What are you using for heat and how are you regulating it?

Actually I will give more factors if it may shed some light as to why she's being shy to feed:

-I've had her for almost 3 weeks and she is 3 months old
-Her thermostat reads between 82-90
-Her humidity is at 50% most of the time, sometimes higher
-I have warmed her food in warm water, then tried hot water (not too hot of course), tried dipping the head only, and whole body of small mouse. She showed a LOT of interest in the mouse after dipping the head in hot water. She struck multiple times, either missing or not actually biting onto the mouse.
-Left the mouse for her at the entrance to her hide, no interest at all
-Out during the day a LOT, constantly trying to climb....I chock it up to curious of her new home.
-Has only been handled once since receiving her

I am using a UTH that's regulated by a thermostat. The probes are inside the tank, taped down really well.

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Actually I will give more factors if it may shed some light as to why she's being shy to feed:

-I've had her for almost 3 weeks and she is 3 months old
-Her thermostat reads between 82-90 I hope you mean thermometer??
-Her humidity is at 50% most of the time, sometimes higherDigital or analogue gauge?
-I have warmed her food in warm water, then tried hot water (not too hot of course), tried dipping the head only, and whole body of small mouse. She showed a LOT of interest in the mouse after dipping the head in hot water. She struck multiple times, either missing or not actually biting onto the mouse.Sounds more like a defensive strike. You may also not have had the food hot enough.
-Left the mouse for her at the entrance to her hide, no interest at all
-Out during the day a LOT, constantly trying to climb....I chock it up to curious of her new home.
-Has only been handled once since receiving her

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Originally Posted by Jennarnia

I am using a UTH that's regulated by a thermostat. The probes are inside the tank, taped down really well.

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As nicely as I can say this...... GET THE TAPE OUT OF THE ENCLOSURE!!!!:taz::taz: Tape is the worst thing you can put in a snake enclosure other than poison.

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BTW what is the actual temperature of the glass that the UTH is mounted to?
You have 3 temperatures to worry about...... Ambient, cool side and hot spot.
The hot is most critical as you don't want to cook your animal.

Thermometer, yes. The thermostat is analog. Why is tape bad? It is electrical tape, holding the wires back so she doesn't get all caught up in them. If it is bad I will get it out right away...but when assembling her setup I put the thermostat probe and the thermometer probe right next to each other under her substrate. The thermostat probe has to be on the heat pad? Her ambient reads at 70-75 usually. I have newspaper on the very bottom and a 1/4inch or so shredded aspen bedding on top of that. The probes are on the newspaper.

Tape can come loose and stick on the snake. . .and let's just think about trying get to get tape off a snake :/. It's bad. You can use a hot glue gun to stick stuff inside the tank, because hot glue isn't sticky once it's cooled. You can also use twist ties or velcro strips to hold cords.

Yeah, the thermostat probe ought to be stuck between the UTH and the glass. I suppose you could stick it to the glass right on top of the UTH if that's not possible, but then you run the risk of the thermostat probe being knocked loose and the UTH overheating. At any rate, it does need to be right on the UTH to prevent burns.

I've never heard of an analog thermostat that's usable for a UTH. . .now I'm curious---can you post a link?

Zoo Med ReptiTemp 500R Remote Sensor Thermostat New https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01KZQ9FFE..._kufXxbXRVEW66

I hope that link works, got it off of Amazon. Before I got my snake I had the thermostat/thermometer/UTH running for about a week and making adjustments to where the max and min temps were right on or very close. It bounces between 80-90 during a cycle. I have a small thermometer/humidity guage on the opposite end for ambient, usually reading between 70-75 degrees and 50-55% or so humidity. Most of the time my snake hides, out at dusk but the past few days she's been out and about during the day, hides for a while, comes back out.