Snake bit himself!!

no luck yet, I'd hate to get a live mouse because if he STILL doesnt eat, then I got a new pet :mad: SO... but he did strike out of defense though:confused:

Sounds like your snake is really agitated and stressed? People here are offering advice and you don't seem to want to go with their advice (no offense).

You still are talking about wanting to feed in a separate container when various members have pointed out that this will stress your snake out more at this stage.

Sorry for the straight talking but on sSNAKESs forum a woman was posting questions about a BP over a few months that was stressed and not eating, she didn't follow their advice and the snake died.She then posted asking what do you think happened to my snake?, why did it die?, please feel sorry for me. One member suggested she get a pet rock next instead of another animal, because they tried to help her to no avail.

I'm not saying that your situation is the same but sooner you get your snake happy and eating the better.

I'm new to reptiles and no expert, but i had trouble with my BP eating as mentioned in previous posts. Switched to rats (thanks to advice from an experienced keeper) and he goes crazy soon as he gets of smell of the ratty. Guess mice didn't do it for him. ...hint hint get some RATS!! lol try with frozen first.:D

good luck Scott

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no luck yet, I'd hate to get a live mouse because if he STILL doesnt eat, then I got a new pet :mad: SO... but he did strike out of defense though:confused:

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Most BP will never switch to FT. Feed him live. I have over 50 snakes and 90% wont even look at FT. The reality is he may never eat if you dont feed him something live.

Live. Got the hint. Thank you. I tried feeding him INSIDE his cage and he seems like he doenst want it, so this time I will feed LIVE,..and if he doesnt eat, oh well I'll have a pet rat until he decides he wants to eat.
But, no...thank you

I agree with the above.. The snake will probably be more receptive to live food. all of our bps eat live. and 2 will eat frozen out of almost 40.. Some like mice, some rats.
Do you know the persons name from the show? If you do maybe you can work on contacting them and see what was fed or maybe someone on here knows who they are.
You also need to space out the offerings a little.. It looks as though you are offering every couple days. All thats going to do is frustrate the snake.

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Live. Got the hint. Thank you. I tried feeding him INSIDE his cage and he seems like he doenst want it, so this time I will feed LIVE,..and if he doesnt eat, oh well I'll have a pet rat until he decides he wants to eat.
But, no...thank you

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This is what i dont understand... You bought a snake most of them eat LIVE MICE or RATS... Why didnt you think of this before hand?

Update on whats going on.. He finally ate for the first time with me a few days ago. I stopped by and got a live small mouse and he got it and swallowed it no problem. Thanks for your help, I guess its a live feeding regimine for him and not F/T

Great, glad you got him eating my friend. May be once he has been eating regularly for a while, you could try him back with f/t. I have only one BP who eats f/t so not had to feed live yet. I used to keep rodents as pets when i was younger, so I am not looking forward to the time when i may have to feed live if I have a snake that will only go for live prey, but i realize i may have to at some point which comes with the territory.

Regards Scott

I really can't stand the minority of snake owners who give other snake owners a bad name who post live feedings on youtube etc titled "death of stuart little!!!!" Some people get a kick from that, the sort of people who have a pitbull called "Tyson" people who are low down in the gene pool

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try live mice, then after you get him started well then try f/t. this will also save you money if he dont eat just keep the mouse fed for a week.

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I know that alot of people out there have had alot of sucess on feeding b.p. f/t. However I have tried w/ine a few times anno luck! They (mine) loves using the heat sesors and loves to stalk. So yes IMO also I would def. try to feed live. Just watch close espeacily if this is first live feeding that he does not get bit. You should also start w/ something a little smaller to again decrese the chance of the mouse/ Rat getting him/her. My B.p. eats 1 large rat every Sunday and I NEVER leave him alone "just incase" something happens. I also always sent the room( alothugh my husky wants that rat worse than the snake.lol). Hope some/any of this helps. And good luck!:gj: Ray

yeah well what I did was have the mouse in a critter keeper straight from the pet shop and add the same bedding of the b.P and let the mouse scent the bedding...about a half hour before I planned on tossing the mouse in, I sprinkle "mouse bedding" around the snake's hide rock so he might get the scent. That's my pre-scenting method at least, it seemed to work, he poked his head out and seemed interested! But thanks for all your help!