Quote Originally Posted by OmNomNom View Post
Oh noes! Another picky eater! (What, are all BPs re-incarnations of French food critics or something?)

What happens if you give him a fresh-killed mouse/rat pup?

I feed my guy in a brown paper grocery bag in a room with little light in the room. It's nice and dark, secure, and most importantly for my little stinker: he can't get out! I'm not so much worried by the possible "aggression issue" if you feed in the tank, he's about as aggressive as Buddha, but he seems to know when he's in the bag that food is coming, and he starts getting excited and flicking his tongue out a lot. Maybe yours would respond to some sort of Pavlovian "feeding-time" cue?

...still won't eat f/t, but, well...he's a stinker.
I don't know if I could ever freshly kill a rat pup. Let alone kill anything. I don't feed in a separate container because I think it might freak him out.

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Quote Originally Posted by AdamF View Post
Striking at the prey and recoiling is a sign of a stressed animal, not a hungry one. A angry/stressed out animal is not likely to eat, and if it does, the stress caused during the feeding (poking at the head, etc.) could result in regurge.
Also, moving around does not=hunger. They are nocturnal by nature, and could be probing for escape just as well.


Wait a week, try again.
Thank you for letting me know this! What do you think would stress him when I try to feed him?