My BP Won't eat :(

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

No problem

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So one question,a fuzzy or pup can't live 4-5 days without its mom,cause I feed my snakes every 4-5 days

[AlexisFitzy]

I feed live.

I don't have the time to dance F/T rats in front of 80 snakes, nor do most breeders with a decent sized collection. The natural instinct of these animals is far from gone just because you put them in a rack.

A tame house cat will still kill a live mouse and eat it.....

A lot of very large breeders with hundreds and even thousands of animals feed f/t. Even though the usually have workers to help, but it's still possible to feed a very large collection f/t. It's just more convenient for some to buy a bunch of f/t feeders in bulk to put in a freezer than caring for a whole colony of rodents that need constant maintenance. So it's just a matter of what works best for you and your animals. Sometimes it's easier for some to feed live and for some to feed f/t. and if we acquire or produce an animal that will only eat live than we should be willing to fulfill its needs


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[Anya]

So one question,a fuzzy or pup can't live 4-5 days without its mom,cause I feed my snakes every 4-5 days

No. They need milk to drink. They would stave before you could feed them.

[Crazymonkee]

So one question,a fuzzy or pup can't live 4-5 days without its mom,cause I feed my snakes every 4-5 days

Nope you'd have a bunch of starved dead babies. They need milk everyday.

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[Monty the BP]

How did the breeder or person you got her from feed her? Methods or steps? Have you tried that.

[Shera]

What size prey are you feeding? I'm pretty sure my first feed to my pewter was rejected because it was too small. I tried with a 12 day old pinky (that the breeder gave me), and it was a no go, but I tried 2 days later with a fuzzy and she took it no problem. Have you tried leaving the f/t prey in there over night? Maybe right in front of the hide? I was planning to do that if she refused the second time on advice of people here, but I never actually tried it. It might be time to at least offer at least one live feed though. Whatever you chose to do next, I wish you luck.

[BloodStar]

How did the breeder or person you got her from feed her? Methods or steps? Have you tried that.

I got her during a pet convention, so things were pretty chaotic. I didn't get the chance to get all the details, he just said that she had been eating about every 5 days since her hatching. He failed to mention whether it was live or not and I failed to ask

[BloodStar]

What size prey are you feeding? I'm pretty sure my first feed to my pewter was rejected because it was too small. I tried with a 12 day old pinky (that the breeder gave me), and it was a no go, but I tried 2 days later with a fuzzy and she took it no problem. Have you tried leaving the f/t prey in there over night? Maybe right in front of the hide? I was planning to do that if she refused the second time on advice of people here, but I never actually tried it. It might be time to at least offer at least one live feed though. Whatever you chose to do next, I wish you luck.

Hey Shera!

I thought it was bad to leave F/T in the cage to long for the risk of growing bacteria? Assuming that the snake did not end up eating it by the end of the night. I am trying to feed her Hopper Mice. They are maybe a mm smaller than the largest diameter of her body. So they seem to be the right size. And like I said before, she has eaten 1, in the last 5 weeks. I just can't get her to do it again.

[Crazymonkee]

Hey Shera!

I thought it was bad to leave F/T in the cage to long for the risk of growing bacteria? Assuming that the snake did not end up eating it by the end of the night. I am trying to feed her Hopper Mice. They are maybe a mm smaller than the largest diameter of her body. So they seem to be the right size. And like I said before, she has eaten 1, in the last 5 weeks. I just can't get her to do it again.

You could try a small adult mouse. They prey should be equal to or a lil larger than the widest part of the snake, or you could try a rat pup equivalent to the size of a small mouse. It may have been started on rats and may not recognize the mouse as food

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[BloodStar]

You could try a small adult mouse. They prey should be equal to or a lil larger than the widest part of the snake, or you could try a rat pup equivalent to the size of a small mouse. It may have been started on rats and may not recognize the mouse as food

Well that could be true...I'll see what I can find for rats and maybe go that route. Thank you for the info