About a month ago we got two male BPs from a breeder. The yellowbelly, Ares, is 6 months old. The normal, Hermes, was a "holdback" because he wasn't eating but the breeder told us he was eating fine when we got him. We assumed he was also fairly young but we found out after getting him home he is going to be 3 this March or April. He is maybe only 3" longer than the little guy, so about 8" or so.
They had been kept in a rack but we don't have racks, we have various sizes tanks. Since we have had them neither of them have eaten.
We tried a small mouse, no interest. We tried frozen thawed rabbit pieces. No interest. They are active and appear healthy. Hermes shed a week ago and I figured he'd be ready to eat.
We are going to try other people's advice and put them in a smaller tank and drape a blanket over 3 sides to make it darker and soon we will get mice and rats to try.
They aren't in a really big tank, they have a hide log, and the heat is good. They had been kept together so they are still together. I didn't see any harm in it but I also don't really know if that might be stressing them out?? Is it ok to have 2 snakes together? I am worried that Hermes is so small and it doesn't appear that he's growing. I'm not sure if he'd be worth keeping for a future breeder or just sell him as a pet once he starts eating again.