Attempting my first feed right now..WISH ME LUCK

So my BP has his first feed today after a week of having him and no touchy. We will see how this goes. Fingers crossed :D i peeked in there and i think he ate it... but im going to wait to open the cage and look for another hour or so. Im so ancy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uV3icrmw0
I had to LOL.

And stop trying to develop x-ray vision. :rofl:

hahaha! HE ATE IT HE ATE IT HE ATE IT!!! I WANT TO JUMP AROUND THE ROOM AND SCREAM!

Hahahahaha I feel ya! I have a new hatchling that just ate for the first time ever and I was so excited I thought I might.... well let's leave that one alone. lol

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Originally Posted by Poseidon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4uV3icrmw0

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Love this!!

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Originally Posted by enchantress62

Hahahahaha I feel ya! I have a new hatchling that just ate for the first time ever and I was so excited I thought I might.... well let's leave that one alone. lol

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i havent looked in there yet! I left it overnight. Its off the ..ill call it a platter? But its actually a lid that you use to put on canned dog food. Anyways, i put the hopper on his dinner tray and its not there :) so if he didnt swallow it he at attempted. Its so exciting! Especially because i got mine at petco and ive heard mixed reviews but most say that im going to have a terrible time getting it to eat but so far so good!

Congrats on your first successful feed :) my guy didn't eat the first time in still waiting to try again but he's in she'd so that might explain that but happy for you :)

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Originally Posted by Grave334

Congrats on your first successful feed :) my guy didn't eat the first time in still waiting to try again but he's in she'd so that might explain that but happy for you :)

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Thank you. Its a wonderful feeling! Cant wait to feed again. Although... my corn :mad: wont eat ever since i got my ball... super frustrating, and seems way way way more active now that I have another snake in the house. It may just be coincidence. Its like he is telling me hes hungry and then when i go to feed him all he worries about is getting out of the feed box. Grrr

If your feeding in a different tub I would try feeding in its home. Search the forum and you will find that most everybody here does and that feeding in your snakes home will not make it aggressive. Many times the stress of getting removed from their home to eat will throw them off.

Lol congrats!

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Originally Posted by KMG

If your feeding in a different tub I would try feeding in its home. Search the forum and you will find that most everybody here does and that feeding in your snakes home will not make it aggressive. Many times the stress of getting removed from their home to eat will throw them off.

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Well I have been feeding him for a year in a different tub and there is usually no problem.

I bought my first bp at Petsmart and it died in the first week. They replaced it with another one that ate but was extremely finicky. I don't think their bp's are unhealthy per say just product's of mass breeding. I do know, however, that the large majority of their employee's know very little about these animals and have a tendency to neglect their special needs. Humidity for example. Anyway now that you know it will eat you should do fine with it.

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Originally Posted by enchantress62

I bought my first bp at Petsmart and it died in the first week. They replaced it with another one that ate but was extremely finicky. I don't think their bp's are unhealthy per say just product's of mass breeding. I do know, however, that the large majority of their employee's know very little about these animals and have a tendency to neglect their special needs. Humidity for example. Anyway now that you know it will eat you should do fine with it.

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I got my little guy from petco now you got me worried! He seems fine though hasn't eaten but he just starting shedding so I'm assuming that's why it's only been a little over a week since he hasn't eaten though.

I will give you guys an update in like a month! But so far so good. What did it die from? Not eating? Thankfully this one is really young so not much damage could have been done.