What is the longest your BP has gone without eating?

[EvesFriend]

Been a few months for mine and it has me bothered.

[RobNJ]

The longest I've had one off feed was just over 10 months.

[RobNJ]

Just saw your poll too...I've had quite a few go off for over 2 months.

[EvesFriend]

Just saw your poll too...I've had quite a few go off for over 2 months.

Why do they do that?

[The Serpent Merchant]

The longest I have had any of mine go off was 6-8 weeks, but I know that some can go without eating for over a year.

[RobNJ]

Why do they do that?

Any number of reasons...breeding being a big one. Some of my females have gone off feed for a few months in the 800-1100 gram range...why? I have no idea. They eat when they eat and don't when they don't. Not a great answer, but a big part of keeping balls is dealing with them not always eating when you want them to.

My pinstripe girl didn't eat for the first 10 and a half months I had her(I bought her at 850ish grams), not once...she was kept the same as every other ball I have, offered rats, mice, soft furs, live, prekilled, f/t...she just wouldn't eat.

[Crazy4Herps]

My female routinely goes off feed for 5 months out of every year. She may take a small mouse or two during that time, but considering she's 7 years old mice aren't exactly nourishing.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Keeping proper temperatures and providing good hides is key to having your BP eat. It doesn't take much variance from the ideal temperatures (78-82 cool side, 88-92 hot side) to stress them out enough to stop eating.

[interloc]

My big female just started up eating after being off since middle of december. I put her in a bigger tub ad had her lock with my spider. Something helped anyways.


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[KatStoverReptiles]

My male pastel is at 116 days and holding. He's only lost about 100 grams so I'm not too worried. I sure wish he'd go back to eating though...


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