refuses food again

well my bp has refused his meal again.he ate last week and skipped the week before that.i know what he did this week the stunned rat fell from my tongs and scared him pretty bad so i prekilled it and put it on his hide after i put link back in his tank.he investigated it but after 3 hours i took it out and tossed it.he is know roaming around looking for food should i try to feed him tomorrow because he didnt eat cuz he got scared or do i still wait a week?

Oh gods- I hate these scenarios! I ha something similar happen last week, and I knew the snake was probably hungry, but I chose to not feed until this week.
I really don't think there is a right or wrong answer here. You could try again in a day or two and if the snake refuses, wait until your normal feeding day.

ok well i feed in a tub with live prey i think im going to see how he his tomorrow night and if hes looking for food ill try to feed a thawed one in his tank and see if he eats it.any tips for feeding thawed ones?

i guess im not the only one who has thie same problem but my ball is 3 months old and has refused his last 2 meals i tryed a mouse 3 weeks ago he was unsure and didnt take it then i tryed him the next day and he took it now he hasent feed for the last 2 tymes next i got another mouse and he wanted nothin to do with it so i tossed the mouse the following week today i tryed to give him a baby rat and still nothing he seemes active and is always tryin to climb out of his tank but then he will just fall over whats that about clumsy snake huh?

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Originally Posted by myguysgreen

i guess im not the only one who has thie same problem but my ball is 3 months old and has refused his last 2 meals i tryed a mouse 3 weeks ago he was unsure and didnt take it then i tryed him the next day and he took it now he hasent feed for the last 2 tymes next i got another mouse and he wanted nothin to do with it so i tossed the mouse the following week today i tryed to give him a baby rat and still nothing he seemes active and is always tryin to climb out of his tank but then he will just fall over whats that about clumsy snake huh?

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Mmmm, your snake sounds really stressed. What's going on?

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ok well i feed in a tub with live prey i think im going to see how he his tomorrow night and if hes looking for food ill try to feed a thawed one in his tank and see if he eats it.any tips for feeding thawed ones?

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Thaw near the snake enclosure until the rodent is smooshy. Open the bag and really pre-scent well. Hit the head of the rodent with a hair dryer or other heat source, for about a minute. Serve. :P

try putting the frozen rodent in a zip lock bag. Then boil a pot of water, as soon as the water is boiling, put it off and out the ziplock bag in.
Wait until it is completely thawed. Before you give it to the snake, make sure it is not too hot for you to hold in your hand.

Dangle it directly in front of his face.

Hope it helps.

well i defrosted it in hot water for 2 hours then put it on top the tank under the heat lamp for 30 minutes.i just tried dangling in front of his hide and he investigated but he eventually went back in.i put it on top of his other hide under the heat lamp but i think if i leave it in overnight i should put it on the cool side im going to wait an hour and try dangling it again

Ewww. I betcha cooked it. Bleck.
Just a day long defrost (or a couple of hours depending on the size) until it is smooshy. Then blast it with a hair dryer on its head to bring up the heat signature.

well i left it in there over night and he didnt eat it so he is going to have to wait till next week

I had one like this, a very finincky eater. She only ate mice, long after my other girl went to rats, and she ate them without much sense of urgency.

I feed frozen thawed from rodentpro.com, and have had great results with their product.

One of my girls has a fantastic response, she attacks and constricts dead rats within a minute of them hitting the cage.

The other remained a mouser forever, I just recently got her on rat pups by scenting their thawed bodies with mice bedding and dangling them in front of her instead of just dropping them in. She's had 4 in the last week. Thank God, she was on quite the fast and isn't near big enough for her age (a little over a year old), I'm very glad I've got her on rats now, I've seen first hand with my two that the rat eater put on size very well after switching over from mice.

I toss the frozen rat in a plastic cup full of hot tap water and leave it for 10-15 minutes, until fully thawed out. Then I dry them off a bit and toss one in with Muffin, the destroyer, and the other one I scent and heat up a bit more with a heat lamp for Bagel, the Priss. Then after a minute or so of dangling in front of her hide hole, she snaps it right out of the tongs.

It can take some work getting these things to eat, I was worried for a while I was going to have to start breeding ASF's or gerbils to get Bagel to eat right, but I've got her straightened out now.

Try this. Hot water. Ziploc bag. 12-15 minutes and then hold it under the heatlamp for a good minute or minute and 1/2 and dangle it in front of his face. BAM! Fed snakey.