Help Please. Burmese Feeding Help.

[Iron_Man]

Bought a Baby Burmese at a local show about 2 and 1/2 weeks ago.

Anyways he's housed in a 5 tier 28 quart C-Serpents rack.
Hot side 88-90 cool side 78-80.

Have ball pythons in the other 4 tubs. (They are all doing perfect)

So I'm pretty sure it's not husbandry related.

Breeder said he was taking F/T rats.
I waited a week and tried a F/T. No luck.
4-5 days later tried fresh killed. No luck. Left in overnight. No luck.
Few days ago tried a live. No luck.

Hes currently 197 grams. I'm new to burmese but from what Ive read they are
around 115 grams when born. So if thats true hes eaten before.

Anyways, everytime I attempt to feed he seems interested but afraid and I
havent had him even take a strike yet.

I looked the breeder up on MM and he has all positive reviews and
has given me a few suggestions.

But yeah, Im worried about him. It ruins my day when I think about it.

Breeder suggested putting a divider in the 28 quart tub because he had it
housed in something smaller. So I have a divider from C-Serpents in there.
The divider cuts the tub basically in half. So theres a hide on the hot side
and water bowl on cool side.

Any help or suggestions would be so great. Also after how long would I
have to consider assist feeding?

Thank you so much in advance. My pets are my family and when
they are not okay Im not okay.

[bcr229]

It's a bit late now but when you bring home a new snake you need to quarantine it for a minimum of 90 days. This means keeping it in a different room from your established collection and using different equipment for it.

I would try a live rat pup and leave it overnight. A rat pup is too small to hurt a snake.

[KevinK]

Common problem with baby burms and mine did the exact same thing as a hatchlingg. Couple things you can try....go to petsmart and ask for some soiled mouse bedding in a bag and shake a f/t pup in it a few minutes before offering. But honestly, while that worked for some people it never worked for me.

I ended up getting mine to eat by just leaving a f/t overnight and he eventually found it. You may have to try this 20+ times before he takes

Don’t worry too much, he will eventually eat and when they start, they will POUND anything you put in front of them


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[Zincubus]

You can always try warming the thawed rat with a hairdryer and dangling it in front of his face INSTANTLY whilst it’s still warm .


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[warcheese]

i am so glad i didnt deal with this with my burm she struck at the rat before i can even get the hook into the cave when she was younger