First Feeding A No Go

Well I tried.....

Maybe it was too soon (2 days after receiving him) and a week since his last feeding. It probably didn't help that I made a racket of noise trying to pull the fake plant off his hide while removing it to get to him.

Thawed the mouse at room temps for 2-3 hours and then hit it with a hair dryer for 10-15 seconds.

Should I toss the mouse? Or leave it in the cage for a little bit?

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Try reheating till about 100 degrees and seeing if he takes it :snake: also leave the hide inside so he has a spot to feel secure and less stressed

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Originally Posted by Outlawbp

Try reheating till about 100 degrees and seeing if he takes it :snake:

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I don't have anything that I 'would' want to use to measure the mouses temp. Is that more then a 10 second hit with the blow dryer? I don't want it to explode.

Im guessing it might be too soon in the acclimation process. He seems content with staying in a ball.

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Originally Posted by ckuhn003

I don't have anything that I 'would' want to use to measure the mouses temp. Is that more then a 10 second hit with the blow dryer? I don't want it to explode.

Im guessing it might be too soon in the acclimation process. He seems content with staying in a ball.

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I reckon it was simply too soon .. Royals take more time than other snakes to settle I'd say .

Leave it a week . Wait wait until evening , thaw in the same room as the snake , put some card over the substrate .
Ideal if he's in his hide then warm with hairdryer for 10 seconds then dangle on tongs in the hide entrance .
Repeat warming and offering until it's snatched .
If there is no tongue flicking or interest leave it another week.


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First off, yanking the plants and hide out didnt help. Unless your BP is used to the cage and you, it is probably freaked out and sure in heck wont eat now.

I would put the stuff back in and then reheat the food and lay it on a sheet of paper just outside the hide door. Dont put it so close as to block the door but put it close enough the snake can smell it, see it and poke its head out to investigate it. Then just leave it there overnight. If in the morning, it's still there, throw it out and try again in a week.

You dont want to try to offer food too often as that can stress them too. If they refuse, then generally, you just try again in a week.

Dottie used to stand up like a cobra for food and strike it as I was lowering it down into the cage. Now though 4 years later, she is a lazy eater and most of the time, I just lay her small rat on a sheet of printer paper about 3" outside whichever hide she is in and she will come out, sniff it, pick it up and drag it into her hide to eat lol. She is so lazy. She hasn't struck and wrapped food for a while now. My carpet used to eat the same way. If you held it, she wouldn't give it a second look but if you laid it down on the floor of the cage on paper, she would come off her perch and pick it up and eat it all calmly.

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First off, yanking the plants and hide out didnt help. Unless your BP is used to the cage and you, it is probably freaked up and sure in heck wont eat now.

I would put the stuff back in and then reheat the food and lay it on a sheet of paper just outside the hide door. Dont put it so close as to block the door but put it close enough the snake can smell it, see it and poke its head out to investigate it. Then just leave it there overnight. If in the morning, it's still there, throw it out and try again in a week.

You dont want to try to offer food too often as that can stress them too. If they refuse, then generally, you just try again in a week.

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Well I spoke to soon...... I went downstairs to discard the mouse and this is what I walked into....BOOM!!!!!!

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So my question is when is a safe time to put the hide back in and save my myself from getting tagged. It's a pretty dark basement so maybe I can wait a little longer


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Well I spoke to soon...... I went downstairs to discard the mouse and this is what I walked into....BOOM!!!!!!

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So my question is when is a safe time to put the hide back in and save my myself from getting tagged. It's a pretty dark basement so maybe I can wait a little longer


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Lol grats. See, you left it there and he ate it :P My BP is the same lazy way. You can put the hide back on him after he swallows the food. I lift the hides off all my baby boas, feed them on their paper and then take the paper and just put the hide back on them. Just keep your fingers clear of the bitey end when you put the hide back on him. Assuming you are using something like the light plastic hides, it wont hurt them to set it on them and they will just pull themselves in and curl up.

I have one at work where I just lay it down and walk away. He will not eat at all if you dangle it. And if you are in the room forget about him eating. He is a picky one.

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Lol grats. See, you left it there and he ate it :P My BP is the same lazy way. You can put the hide back on him after he swallows the food. I lift the hides off all my baby boas, feed them on their paper and then take the paper and just put the hide back on them. Just keep your fingers clear of the bitey end when you put the hide back on him. Assuming you are using something like the light plastic hides, it wont hurt them to set it on them and they will just pull themselves in and curl up.

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I went back down and he was exploring the cage on top of the cool side hide so I thought it might be a good opportunity to throw in the hide and artificial plant. Well I got it in ok....shut the door..... and he proceeded to tag the glass window while looking at me. I guess he was a little spooked (as I was since this is the 1st time seeing this)......

Haha my BP has never tagged the glass. My boas have though multiple times as well as my dumerils and retic. They only did it though when i had the lights out. Not sure if they just sense the heat sig and strike since they cant see me as they never do it with the lights on.