Brought home a severely underweight BP baby. Please help me get her back on track

[Spoons]

Very true. I guess maybe I'm too used to my adult, who eats like a garbage truck regardless of what I'm feeding him and when. I will try again tonight, I'm getting too overzealous

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

[Zincubus]

Try and get a cheap hairdryer , plug it in next to the Viv.
Wait until evening Wait until it's settled under a hide .
Have the thawed mouse ready in tongs ... hot blast for 10 to 15 seconds then INSTANTLY dangle the mouse in front of the hide entrance ....they usually take it under first time but yours may take 6 or 7 attempts . If there is any interest shown , even a tongue flicker then that's your cue to keep trying ...


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

[Bogertophis]

Very true. I guess maybe I'm too used to my adult, who eats like a garbage truck regardless of what I'm feeding him and when. I will try again tonight, I'm getting too overzealous

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

This one's not a cheap date, he needs romance & candlelight...

[WhompingWillow]

Try and get a cheap hairdryer , plug it in next to the Viv.
Wait until evening Wait until it's settled under a hide .
Have the thawed mouse ready in tongs ... hot blast for 10 to 15 seconds then INSTANTLY dangle the mouse in front of the hide entrance ....they usually take it under first time but yours may take 6 or 7 attempts . If there is any interest shown , even a tongue flicker then that's your cue to keep trying ...


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pro

I second the hairdryer trick and what's been said about feeding at night. Also make sure it's a small enough mouse since she's so tiny. Hopefully she'll go for it.

[Sallysmom]

Idk if this is a common occurrence but my guy when he was also very underweight and distressed refused to even acknowledge a pinkie mouse so I got a small rat pup and tried again and he took it within 15 seconds
I used the hair dryer trick and tongs to dance the pup outside of his hide. And yeah I offered after the sunset

[Spoons]

No luck with frozen overnight. Next step, I'll try a live fuzzy. Stubborn little snake.

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

[Zincubus]

Still think it's too early to go to live feeding as it's gonna be tough going back ..

I'd at least try my hairdryer trick following the method carefully.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[Spoons]

I did, I picked one up yesterday and tried once it was dark. I even covered 3 sides of the tank on brown paper and turned on only the light in the adjacent room to see by. Tried 7-8 times, and then left it in the hide entryway over night

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

[Zincubus]

I did, I picked one up yesterday and tried once it was dark. I even covered 3 sides of the tank on brown paper and turned on only the light in the adjacent room to see by. Tried 7-8 times, and then left it in the hide entryway over night

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk

Ok .. as long as you'd got it in front of his nose whilst it was still warm .
My concern is that some take too long and the mouse cools so quickly .

Was he in his hide or outside incidentally??


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

[Spoons]

Inside. I've not yet seen her outside of it. If I lift the hide to check on her she goes into panic mode and does everything she can to hide so I didn't think it was wise to lift the hide and offer like that, she's incredibly shy. But, she was curled fairly close to the opening and thus gave me an ok view and she didn't budge an inch when I offered.

Sent from my SM-J700T using Tapatalk