My baby Burmese wont eat

[Kevin Djuvfeldt]

i had him for over a week now and i tried to feed him 2 times last one today when i bring the mouse (hoppers/fuzzies) hes not intrested my boa he eat well but my burmse doesnt even flicker hes tounge when i bring him food
does anyone know the problem?
here is some pics

http://imgur.com/a/y2EmU

[Zincubus]

Could be anything to be honest ...

Best to put down details of the set up including -: feeding LIVE or thawed frozen , advise temps at warm and cooler end , heat mat / ceramic ? , regulated by a thermostat ? , where's the stat probe situated , what kind of thermometer are you using to take the temps ? , how and WHEN did you offer the hopper ..


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[Zincubus]

Also .... Many snakes take a week or two to simply settle down , best to leave them for a period before offering food and certainly don't handle until they've fed at least once or twice ...

Some will feed better in the evenings .. some prefer to have the mouse / rat warmed up and dangled in front of them some prefer to have the rat dropped on some card and left in overnight ...

So many options to consider ....

So many things


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[CALM Pythons]

My Burm doesnt like those bright lights and also his enclosure is only Glass in the front. You have a very tiny baby there so he is feeling vulnerable. All th glass to him is like being in the middle of a field without protection.
Cover the 3 sides woth insulation foam or carboard. That will give him security.. And Id change that heat bulb to a CHE so ther isnt LIGHT shining on him in order to heat him. For display purposes a Light is ok, then turn it back off when your done looking.
Make sure all your Heat is regulated with atleast dimmer/tstats.. To cool/to hot/ no Humidity= not feeding.
Try the feeding 5 days after you make the changes.. Give him some time to adjust and try the feeding after 8pm.
He is Gorgeous. When I got mine 20 years ago all they had were Albino or Normal... The color patterns today are amazing.
PS: this guy is going to grow kike a weed. Mine got 5' within the first year.. Think about PVC enclosures for the next purchase. He will need a 6' minimum, I have a 8' for mine.

[predatorkeeper87]

lol you same cat that thought this burm was a corn snake when you bought it?

[BPGator]

Kevin - you sure that's not a corn snake (just kidding! couldn't resist)

In all seriousness, make sure you check out this care sheet for taking care of your new snake:

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...rus-bivittatus)

I'm not familiar with the needs of Burmese, but most snakes when they're so young are food in the wild, so they like a lot of hiding spots and not open area. Also, don't try to feed him so often --- trying once per week is sufficient. If he's stressed and needs time to settle, attempting to feed too often will only compound the stress. Also, he may have been fed live mice/rats previously, so offering frozen/thawed (if that's what you're doing) may be foreign to him.

Any luck finding a girlfriend?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

So you are feeding a fuzzy/hopper to a burmese?

That would ve one of your issue (there are probably more), due to the extreme small size of the feeder it's not recognized as a prey item.

Fuzzies are small colubrid food, hopper are starter food for BP and even they outgrow them very quickly.

Now would be a good time to catch up on the research that should have been done prior to your impulse buy.




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[FlynnTheBP]

Hi Kevin,
I would definitely increase the size of food. You can double feed if you need to until you need to buy more mice. When your burm is fully grown, he will need a huge enclosure and large prey such as rabbits, chickens, etc. I left you a care sheet link on your previous thread. Good luck!

[FlynnTheBP]

Also, what kind of vivarium does that boa constrictor have?

[Kevin Djuvfeldt]

My Burm doesnt like those bright lights and also his enclosure is only Glass in the front. You have a very tiny baby there so he is feeling vulnerable. All th glass to him is like being in the middle of a field without protection.
Cover the 3 sides woth insulation foam or carboard. That will give him security.. And Id change that heat bulb to a CHE so ther isnt LIGHT shining on him in order to heat him. For display purposes a Light is ok, then turn it back off when your done looking.
Make sure all your Heat is regulated with atleast dimmer/tstats.. To cool/to hot/ no Humidity= not feeding.
Try the feeding 5 days after you make the changes.. Give him some time to adjust and try the feeding after 8pm.
He is Gorgeous. When I got mine 20 years ago all they had were Albino or Normal... The color patterns today are amazing.
PS: this guy is going to grow kike a weed. Mine got 5' within the first year.. Think about PVC enclosures for the next purchase. He will need a 6' minimum, I have a 8' for mine.

I made fixed the glass walls so he maybe feels a bit better it might not look 100% like Nature but its the best i could do atm and i got him another hiding spot.
Also what size mice do you recomend me feeding Pinkie? fuzzy? adult?

heres the terarium now http://imgur.com/a/y2EmU