WC AD BP refuse food .

[a_chen_tw]

I have 1 pair WC AD BP that I purchased last Nov .

Everything I offered to them is very good even the vivarium set .

I keeping them in my rack system tubs including heating , hiding , water , substrate ... etc . They have everything they want ( I guess) .

Howevery , the problem is :

They are still no feeidng and refuse any rodents I tried .

I tried mice , rats , hamsters , rabbits . ( I don't wanna trying birds).

I really do not wnat to force feed these BP since they are very east to get stress from keepers .

I am not guessing maybe the problem is their substrate . It's nwepaper . I don't know if they will feel more stress to stay on newpaper (All my snakes are doing fine on newspaper). I am considering maybe I sould change their substrate from newpaper to aspen bedding . What do you think about this ? Or substrate is not the point ?

I really want to know if you exprienced keepers have any good method to solve this problem since most WC AD BP will refuse food for a long time .

thanks .

[tmlowe5704]

I know I sound like a broken record with this lately, but swap em to cypress. It got one of mine eating after 7 months of no interested in anything.

[juddb]

Dont force feed until they start looking really unhealthy. Just keep offering once weekly until they take. Make sure your husbandry is up to par... Thats all you can do.

[juddb]

I know I sound like a broken record with this lately, but swap em to cypress. It got one of mine eating after 7 months of no interested in anything.

Ive been pretty successful with cypress myself. I love the stuff.

[chris B]

If your worried about them eating, and they look skinny offer a gerbil. But I wouldnt do that more than once because thats prolly all they will eat. What was said above about the cypress is worth a shot before you even try a gerbil.

[a_chen_tw]

Someome told me cypress is his best choice for BP too . Here is a problem for me , I don't know what's cypress ...

I know , it's soulds very stupid , but I really don't what's cypress and I don't know how to translate this word in Traditional Chinese to someone while I want to buying cypress form a pet shop or plant shop ( I just know cypress is one substrate for planting .)

That's why I asked you how about change them to aspen .

anyway , thanks for your replies .

[a_chen_tw]

Gerbils ? I have read some other articles , they also written gerbil maybe the best feeder to make them start feeding . If I can't find gerbils , how about hamsers ?

I will trying gerbils if I can find any available in pet shop , I hope gerbils are not too expensive in Teipei .

thanks.

[juddb]

I get huge bags of cypress from wal mart, for like 2 bucks each.

[tmlowe5704]

Home depot has it for $2 for a big bag.

[Mezclado_Reps]

I use cypress for my monitors, never thought of using it for my balls. They do pretty well on aspen. If you have a reptile show near you, try to get ahold of some african soft furs. I start my CH babies on them, then just switch to rats once they have some weight on them.