Help my Pastel BP wont eat!!!

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Originally Posted by Micki

Eh maybe but corn snakes don't eat fish either.

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It was something! lol

I'm also tempted to add the Hognose in there as well


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Originally Posted by KingWheatley

I'm not 100% because I'm still looking for the video, but I swear it was either the king snake or rat snake... or maybe a corn...

Definitely wasn't a ball python.


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It looked like a hognose. Not sure but they were switching between the types all video.

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Personally I'd try a live rat pup. You could even leave it in there overnight, it's totally harmless to the snake. I'd bet money it would eat that right away. You'd have to find a local rat breeder or a pet store that sells live rats, you may want to call around.

I breed ASFs and they mature and open their eyes at a very small size, too small for a BP hatchling. And they are super quick and can jump like popcorn. I'd never feed one live, I'd probably lose control of it. I always do a fresh kill ASF when I feed them.

A mouse crawler would work depending on how you raise your mice. I find that if I have a large batch of baby mice they tend to be real small when they open their eyes. Ideally you want them with eyes closed so they don't pose a threat to your snake. If you raise only 4-5 babies on one female mouse (feed off or cull the rest when born) they grow to be super big and fat before they open their eyes. But ideally rat pups are the way to go, they get as big as an adult mouse before they even open their eyes. Once their eyes are opened I do a fresh kill feeding.

If you are feeding frozen thawed forget about it. Force feeding FT is not the way to go, you need to work up to FT. I'd stick with live or fresh killed first.

we believe it is the husbandry after further reading and your reply. we use a infrared temp gun to check all of our tanks, and keep a pretty close eye on the temps throughout the day.

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Talked to some local breeders at a show yesterday. They suggested to put Cupcake into a small brown paper sack with a live rat pup, and leaving them together for a few hours. Well, it didn't work. But they also said that some snakes are just stressful, by nature. So don't know how to handle it from here....

Omg.... have you tried just leaving a baby fuzzy that's alive and just leaving it in there? The fuzzy couldn't hurt. It's better than not eating at all right?

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Originally Posted by Ballsdeep1107

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Talked to some local breeders at a show yesterday. They suggested to put Cupcake into a small brown paper sack with a live rat pup, and leaving them together for a few hours. Well, it didn't work. But they also said that some snakes are just stressful, by nature. So don't know how to handle it from here....

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Have you done this to a T yet? Let me guess the answer is no.

Yes. We bought a live rat pup at the show yesterday. Brought it home left it in the container with Cupcake and checked 10 hours later, no luck! He did not eat it. The rat pup was laying on top of Cupcake!


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Originally Posted by Ballsdeep1107

Yes. We bought a live rat pup at the show yesterday. Brought it home left it in the container with Cupcake and checked 10 hours later, no luck! He did not eat it. The rat pup was laying on top of Cupcake!


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So that would be no what I linked requires husbandry changes, 1 week left completely alone and live hopper mouse.