Trying to escape?

My bp is around 6 months old, hasn't eaten in almost three weeks and is constantly trying to escape his enclosure. His temps are 89-91 hot side 79-80 cool side, still having some humidity issues but as long as I spray down the tank few times a day it stays around 50%. I attempted to feed him last Tuesday & he completely refused it and just kept trying to escape the enclosure while I offered a mouse.
Why is he trying to escape, am I doing something horribly wrong & I just don't know it?

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How long have you had him? What substrate are you using and how deep is it? When was the last time you cleaned the tank? Do you ever allow him out of the tank?

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Originally Posted by Taying

How long have you had him? What substrate are you using and how deep is it? When was the last time you cleaned the tank? Do you ever allow him out of the tank?

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Had him since the beginning of August and up until three weeks ago he's been an amazing eater, I'm using eco earth and it's about 2 1/2 inches deep, I haven't done a full clean since I moved him into a new enclosure around mid November, and he hasn't been out since he stopped eating because I don't want to stress him out, but before that I handled him a few times a week

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Also, what does he have for hides? What kind, how big is the opening, how snugly can he fit into them, at least 2 (one warm & one cool side of cage)-????

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Also, what does he have for hides? What kind, how big is the opening, how snugly can he fit into them, at least 2 (one warm & one cool side of cage)-????

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He has two tupperware hides, one on each side, the openings are fairly small but he can still easily fit through, they're a tad bit big for him but when he's in there his body is touching the top

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Every time I think mine is try to escape, she poops. She climbs like crazy for a day, then poops. Could be what’s going on here. Maybe the movement helps in that process?


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Originally Posted by Jbabycsx

Every time I think mine is try to escape, she poops. She climbs like crazy for a day, then poops. Could be what’s going on here. Maybe the movement helps in that process?


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That, or they don't want to defecate where they sleep? "Get me outa here! Gasp!" LOL

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Originally Posted by Jbabycsx

Every time I think mine is try to escape, she poops. She climbs like crazy for a day, then poops. Could be what’s going on here. Maybe the movement helps in that process?


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I don't know if that's what's going on with my guy, I think he's already pooped out all the food in his system

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Originally Posted by Ditto

Had him since the beginning of August and up until three weeks ago he's been an amazing eater, I'm using eco earth and it's about 2 1/2 inches deep, I haven't done a full clean since I moved him into a new enclosure around mid November, and he hasn't been out since he stopped eating because I don't want to stress him out, but before that I handled him a few times a week

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Just for kicks, try cleaning his cage, waiting a few days, then offering food when he is peeking out of his hide at night.
I can remember reading a long article where this seemed to be a tactic that worked, for whatever reasons. Don't think you have much to lose by trying either?

Snakes often get restless when they're hungry, & they will never explain to us poor humans exactly what they're "thinking", but something is turning off his
appetite: cannot say if the "clean cage" theory will work, but if he was feeding before then he shouldn't be stressing about his cage location or minimal handling.

Unless- is there anything new in his cage or cage location?