Now I have another question.. The closest place for me to get live prey for this little guy is almost 45 mins away.. I think my plan will be to get a small cage and keep 2 mice on hand so that I don't have to make this drive every week.. I would like to reintroduce f/t but not sure when.. Again, this little guy went almost 6 weeks without eating until the other night so I don't want to negate any progress made. How long should I keep doing live before introducing the f/t again?
My other concern (or my sons concern) is feeding him in his enclosure. I did this the other night because as I said in my original post, we just didn't want to stress him out any more but my son is worried that he will become 'unfriendly'. I did drop the mouse on the opposite side of the enclosure and I did NOT put my hand in.. I simply tipped the box that the mouse was in and let him plop into a corner. Have any of you had any issues with this concern of my sons?
Again, I do want to thank everyone for their advice. This is a whole new experience for us so getting advice from snake owners is such a big plus! The snake was my son's birthday present and he has been worried sick that something will go seriously wrong.. I'm trying to make sure it's goes seriously right.
Oh, I almost forgot.. Where he hasn't eaten much in such a period of time and is skinny, should I try feeding him more than once a week for a while? Or more than one mouse at a time?
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