my bp will not take a white rat

i have been wondering why my bp has not been eating. well i figured it out. i was talking to my friend about my pastel skipping a few meals. he asked me what color i was giving him and i told him white. he said, "theres your problem". so i went to the store and got a white one and a black one. i put the white one in there for about 45min and he did not seem interested. as soon as put in the black one he struck and coil fast.


my question is do bp know what color their prey is, and are they attracted to different colors? any input would be appreciated.

thanks

ive heard about this two...but doubted the theory because snakes see heat right? not color....but ive heard a lot of instances where this happens so i dunno....

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Originally Posted by MUSTANGGTANDGSXR

i have been wondering why my bp has not been eating. well i figured it out. i was talking to my friend about my pastel skipping a few meals. he asked me what color i was giving him and i told him white. he said, "theres your problem". so i went to the store and got a white one and a black one. i put the white one in there for about 45min and he did not seem interested. as soon as put in the black one he struck and coil fast.


my question is do bp know what color their prey is, and are they attracted to different colors? any input would be appreciated.

thanks

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i talked to a breeder today, Morphmakers, he said pastel generally well not go for rats. but go crazy over mice. but he did say that pastels are not to crazy about white rats. i have never seen my pastel eat a white rat. only white/black ones or African black rats

so we might be on to something here with these pastels

anyone else have the same problem???

Actually my pastel won't eat white rats either. He'll eat a white and black rat, black and white, and white and tan. It's odd some people thought I was nuts when I said this before in another post about the same subject.

Just had my female pastel eat a white rat pup this morning. And one last friday.

I figured out the trick is to get the head really warm, and hold it about inches from her, then move it rapidly to one direction or another until she notices, becomes enticed, and preps to attack. Took about 30 minutes on friday, took 10 today.

I forgot to mention in my earlier post that I do feed live.

I don't think your nuts, lol. One of the first things I read when looking into BP husbandry was that some snakes will only strike at things of certain colours. Such as what is happening here.

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Originally Posted by zombie&lemons

i talked to a breeder today, Morphmakers, he said pastel generally well not go for rats. but go crazy over mice. but he did say that pastels are not to crazy about white rats. i have never seen my pastel eat a white rat. only white/black ones or African black rats

so we might be on to something here with these pastels

anyone else have the same problem???

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I used to have a normal back in the day that would not for anything eat a white rat , only white and black.

I have a lemon pastel who has no problem eating white rats...

I guess I will find out as I just picked up a pastel. this interests me.... not sure if I believe yet though.