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Tried feeding the male BP, Apotos and Daemon just now. Apotos was happy to much away on some rat legs (I have no small ones, and she doesn't seem to be growing or digesting mice well anymore), and Daemon seemed interested, but he just constricted everything he could. And then the BP. He wasn't interested, so I left the rat with him for about ten minutes then moved him back into his tub. I tried feeding the female, and she wasn't interested. Hmm. So I heated the rat a bit and tried offering it to the male again on my bed (rather than the box the female was periscoping in) and he wasn't interested.

I don't know what happened before this, but I went to place the rat back under the heat lamp and get it HOT, and the male struck at my hand that I wasn't moving. So I've got blood pouring out of wounds on three fingers, and I see he's so bite-happy he fell off the bed, three feet to the ground. Meh, landed on a pile a clothes, so that was okay, but then he's HISSING and in the S-curve and got 1/4 his body off the ground (having the head and neck off the ground is the S-curve strike pose, not just curved into an S). Well, I'm contemplating what to do, and the female decides she wants to explore, and as BPs aren't climbers, she falls off about a foot away from the male. He's more interested in me, so she rights herself and is on her way. So, I toss a shirt onto the male and put the female back in the box, then notice the male isn't calming with his head covered. Didn't have much choice but to grab right behind his head HARD so he didn't bite me while I put him away.

God... and BPs are lazy and non-bitey? I'm going to inquire about this on the BP.net forums. This doesn't feel right.

This is partially just a rant, but from what I've read, BPs are supposed to be lazy, and obviously not very bitey. The guy I got the pair and Daemon the rat snake from is apparently having some problems I knew not of before described as hoarding and having the inability to care for them, but he's not shipping/selling animals that aren't well enough for it. He's also had his internet shut off for an unknown time, so contacting him isn't likely to happen.

I've had the pair for about two weeks, and their husbandry is all right except for being in slightly smaller tubs than normal until I see a normal pattern in their behavior, feeding, ect. The female ate a small rat for me last week and a hopper mouse. Both showed some interest in the rat and hopper mice I was offering, but didn't strike or get very close. Both have been feeding on f/t rats and the female took f/t from me.

The female is also ridiculously jumpy with things around her head. If she's just been placed back in her tub, she'll be bumping into the sides and jerking her head back. I don't think that's normal.

Any ideas? I figure it's possible no one's hungry, but feeding isn't my only problem, considering it's been at least half an hour and my hand is still burning and throbbing.