Link Ate!

Well I've been having some touble getting Link to eat. I gave him altogether a week to adjust and tried to feed him again today. He didn't eat. So I left the mouse in his cage over night and I woke up at two and looked in his cage and there was no mouse. Takes care of that! :mrgreen:
Now that he knows that a mouse is food maybe I won't have so much trouble getting him to eat now! :D
:puke: <Best emoticon ever!

As I said in the pm I just sent to ya, congrats! I'm sure it'll be easier to get him to eat next time. Maybe he's just one of those bp's that has to be left alone so he feels secure while he eats.

Guess I got lucky. Pelota doesn't seem to care what goes on when she's eating. It's like as soon as she gets a whiff of that mousie, she's in her own little world. On feeding night, I usually have all the lights on in my room, and everyone huddled around the tank to watch her chow down. Doesn't seem like she minds. She's a cute little show off. :)

LOL! Link's the opposite. I had to tell my brothers and sisters to leave while I tried to feed him the first time and even that didn't help. Well at least I know how he likes to eat now, but its going to make taking pics of it incretible hard.

Later down the road when he gets older and more used to you and his surroundings, he might not need to be left totally alone like that. You never know. :)

I sure hope so! I've wanted to acually see him eat for so long.

My corn snake is exactly the same way. He wont have anything to do with his food while there is someone there watching him. So, I have to place his food with him. and then I have to leave the room and give hime time to eat. And my corn snake is almost 2 years old. But my BP doesn't care who watches. I could have a room full of on lookers and he would still eat like there was no one in the room. But congrats on finding out how he likes to eat, and getting him to eat.

I think it's most common for them to settle down and not mind, but I leave mine alone while they eat anyway, since they all eat frozen-thawed without the mousey dance nowadays.

Yeah, I hope he gets used to it otherwise I'll never see him eat.
LOL! Mousy dance.

The Mousy Dance is an aquired skill, let me tell you ;). Both of my bp's eat without having to do that anymore, but believe you me .. i was interesting there for a while :D

Do you use tongs to do the mousy dance?

Yes, i have a set of 12 inch hemostats to do the mousey dance. I wouldnt want my bp to get my hand confused with the rat :shock:

Monty Joe (when he was eating) could care less who was watching or what you are doing (taking pic's etc.) as long as he got to eat. Cheetah has to have it fairly dark (black light only) before he eats, you can watch from a distance...but you have to be still. Since Monty Joe had only been on f/k - f/t for only about a month before he went off feed (12 weeks now) he still needed the mousey two step before he would take it. Cheetah, just toss it in and it's a meal.

How long again do I have to wait before handling him after a feeding again? Is it two days?
Off Topic, :licking: What the heck is that emoticon? :shock:

i like to wait a full 48 hours before handling after feeding. as for the emoticon...well the name of it is "licking"...so i guess you can take that however you see fit :D

Ok, thanks!
Where am I ever going to use an emoticon of licking someone?

Keep in mind that, Ball Pythons have their own personalities.
Some may not want to eat in your presence.

When my Ball Pythons get the scent of mouse or rat, they start lashing at thin air in their excitement to feed. I have to be real careful taking them out of their enclosures and preparing to feed them as I do not want to get bit.Same thing with putting them back into their enclosures....I grab them by their rear quarters, well away from their heads - they are still in HUNTER/KILLER mode after they feed. Other than that they are all sweethearts with the notable exception of my big male Apok who always lets out a grumpy hiss when I bother him.....
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