My baby bp is a jerk!!!!

[Snake.chick09]

I bought my baby bp a rat last week he didnt eat it!! I bought him one today and again he didnt eat it!!!!! What should i do with it if my other bp doesnt eat it?

[Snake.chick09]

Well my other bp got it lol

[The Serpent Merchant]

Welcome to the world of BP's... them refusing to eat is part of the game. IF you have a leftover rodent you have 2 options (i'm assuming that it is live)

1. keep the rodent until next feeding day/new pet rodent lol

2. kill and discard the rodent. (keep it humane)

If frozen, then you can safely refreeze it 1 time after that it is trash.

[mues155]

I'm assuming this is a live rat?
I would say get a little 10 gal tank or critter keeper and all the supplies for keeping a rat for a while.
Ball Pythons can be very picky eaters and sometimes will go on fasts. Your snake will most likely not eat EVERY time you offer it a meal. This will happen again.
Just offer it again when the next feeding day comes around.
Dont try and offer it to the snake too often, this can "turn the snake off" and stress it.
Dont worry she can go without food for a long period of time, just offer it to her in a few days and see what happens.

You can always convert her to frozen/thawed, then you dont have to go buy a live rat every week, you dont have to keep the live rat if she doesnt eat it. And you prevent your snake from sustaining fatal injuries from rodent bites.

Another thing is did you change anything around in the cage in between when she ate and now?
I find that if I just did a cage cleaning, or moved hides some of my snakes will be to busy exploring their cage than to eat that day.

[Snake.chick09]

I just gave it to my adult bp lol i kept the last one and it stunk up the snake room really bad then died so never again will i keep the nasty thing

[mues155]

I just gave it to my adult bp lol i kept the last one and it stunk up the snake room really bad then died so never again will i keep the nasty thing

Then I guess you'll have to rely on the other bp eating it, or killing it and freezing it until next feeding day and hope one of them eat f/t.

[Snake.chick09]

Well both bps will eat either or so if he doesnt eat one next week ill kill an free that one an try giving it the week after i just hate having dead rodents in my freezer

[Snake.chick09]

I meant freeze not free stupid iphone

[WarriorPrincess90]

How old/big is your baby BP and what size food are you trying to feed it that would also be appropriate for an adult? If the food is too large, the baby will continue to refuse.

[Snake.chick09]

Small rat pups and hes about 2 feet as of 2 weeks ago hes almost not a baby anymore i feed him the same size food weekly if not bigger so its not that i think hes just fasting