feeding

[weezerlovedme]

:mrgreen: Today i tried to feed my BP for the first time.It seems like he's kinda scared of the mouse.He didnt really seem interested in it.does anyone have any tips on how i could get him to eat???

[sk8er4life]

was it live?

[Brandon.O]

If your feeding pre killed prey try and do the mousie dance.

If your feeding F/T prey maybe its not warm enough (im sure you know it needs to be warm for the snake to be interested)

And if your feeding live, i dont know what to tell you...............exept get over to either pre killed or F/T

jk, if it was live and he didnt eat it, maybe he just wasnt hungry.I dunno


Hope that helps a little ???

[weezerlovedme]

yea it was live,it was i think there called fuzzies or a feeder mouce not sure but it was smal and it was white

[Smynx]

You definitely want to move to pre-killed or frozen/thawed mice as soon as possible. How long have you had the BP? If you've had him less than a week or two, you may just need to give him some time to settle in. Try feeding again in another 5-7 days.

[Brandon.O]

Hmmm ok, then i really dont know what to tell you, maybe your snake just wasnt in the mood.

When you got him, what was he feeding on???

Ive heard of people who have got snakes that were feeding on dead prey and they tried feeding them live prey and the snake was to scared and confused to try and eat it. I know if i tossed a live pinky in my corn snake cage she woudlent know what to do with it, she has been eating F/T since she was born. Im sure thier natural instincs would kick in but maybe hes just scared of the mouse

[sk8er4life]

it may have been to soon and can still feel stressed

[weezerlovedme]

The pet store people told me that he was eating live food.Ive had him for a couple of days like 2 or 3.But i took him to the vet today for his RI and the doc said he should eat.So maybe hes not ready to eat or he wasnt hungry.I want him to eat frozen pinkies not live food.

[Brandon.O]

I would wait at least a week to feed him.

[sk8er4life]

yea and it could still feel some stress of being at the vet