So my wife and I got a year and a half old BP last fall. We purchased him from a breeder who raised him on F/T mice and rats. He was ~700 grams when we got him. The first two feedings we fed him large adult F/T mice that that breeder gave us and he ate them just fine. We then switched to rats from the local pet store and fed him 3 rats in a month. His last rat was in mid-December, he weighed ~900 grams at that time. I offered him a rat in late december and he refused. We then purchased a bulk bag of F/T rats from a reptile show. I have since offered him food every few weeks, and he has refused each time. I assumed he was just on his winter fast. He also shed two weeks ago.
I started to get worried a month ago, it had been nearly 4 months since he had last eaten which seemed long even for a winter fast. Just in case he didn't like the rats from the reptile show, I bought another from the local pet store and offered it to him and he refused. It's now early May so it has been about 5 months since he last ate and he just refused to eat again tonight.
Should I be taking him to a vette? His enclosure is well set up, 95 degree hot spot on one side, ~80-83 ambient temp, 55-65% humidity.
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