can any one help me to get my royal to feed

hi i have got a 4 month old male royal i have had to force feed for the first month but he wornt strick his food i have tried to put the food in the viv overnight with a cover overit and i have tried to split the head on the mouse to and nothing is working i was thinking of giveing him live feed but i prefer to triey and give him frozen has there are easy to keep and to buy.if any one has a segestion.:)

here are some pics

http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/snapfishu...ME=snapfishuk/

If he's that young and not eating you may have no choice but to feed live. Or try different types of prey

how is he holding his weight?

if he is loosing weight, switch back to live

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Originally Posted by xdaman666x

hi i have got a 4 month old male royal i have had to force feed for the first month but he wornt strick his food i have tried to put the food in the viv overnight with a cover overit and i have tried to split the head on the mouse to and nothing is working i was thinking of giveing him live feed but i prefer to triey and give him frozen has there are easy to keep and to buy.if any one has a segestion.:)

here are some pics

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Right now what you prefer is not the priority the priority is for this animal to eat for you and given he is 4 months I assume he was eating with his previous owner correct? It is VERY likely that your husbandry is the problem among other things.

The key with young animals is SECURITY.

Put him in the smallest tub you can find 6 or 12 quarts tub.

Have Aspen as bedding.

Providve (1) or (2) 6 inches plastic flower post saucers.

DO NOT handle your animal until he feeds with consistency.

Provide proper gradient temps measured with a digital thermometer for accuracy.

Let him settle in his new enclosure for a week and offer a live mouse hopper IN his enclosure.

Just remember the more you are assisting this animal the more you are stressing him which is not helping getting an animal eating on it's own.

thank you all for your help i have just bought some chicks so i can split them open and get the scent on the mouse and try that if not i will have to find a shop what dose live feed.:)

What is ur setup like?? And what was he eating before u bought him??

hes in a 3ft viv temp is 32c on the hot side and 29c on the cool side. and i am is first owner my pet shop got 100 imported from africa.

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i am his first owner my pet shop got 100 imported from africa.

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that right there might prove to be a challenge:confused:

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Originally Posted by xdaman666x

thank you all for your help i have just bought some chicks so i can split them open and get the scent on the mouse and try that if not i will have to find a shop what dose live feed.:)

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Given all the information you have provided, enclosure size, prey type etc I can tell you are simply gonna waste another week and this will not work.

You need to change you husbandry and you need to offer live.

ok i will give him live feed i will change his husbandry.thank you all for your help :)

Better to feed live than to force feed. Best of luck!

i am so happy i have got my bp to feed on frozen he took it last night.thank you all for your help:):):):):):):):):)

Great to hear that he took it, good job. :)

Glad to hear:gj: I hate when they dont eat makes me feel like I am letting them down somehow:tears:
Robie

yemy ball is my babey i just hope he start to feed every 7-10 days from now.i am just happy that he has eaten he has not been out of his cave for 2 days hes just chilling like a stufed pig lol :snake::gj::):):):):):):):)