Hey there! So I've had my girl Penelope (I'm assuming as of now she's a she) for about 2 weeks now, and I know she is still pretty young, definitely less than a year old. When I first got her, the place I purchased her from said they were feeding her every Friday and in a separate container. I got her on a Thursday and figured I would wait a couple days for her to get comfortable before trying to feed her. So the first time I fed her, I put her in a separate container, and offered her a thawed mouse with some tongs, and she struck it and missed, and then got it on the second time and ate with no problem. About 45 minutes later I put her back in her regular enclosure and all was well. So about a week later I did the same thing, and she didn't even strike at the mouse. Tried again a couple days later and same thing, no strike or anything. So tonight, I tried again...except this time I couldn't get near her to pick her up without the "S" shape and a couple of hisses. I offered her the mouse in her enclosure this time thinking she was just starving and wanted to eat rather than be handled and stressed out. She struck at the mouse once this time and missed, and that was it. Nothing after that.

I'm kind of at a loss on what to do. Try again in a couple days inside her regular tank, or try again in a couple of days in a separate bin? I've read so much conflicting information on both methods, and the main thing I see on feeding inside her regular tank is that BPs can start to associate every time you open the tank with feeding time, but I'm not necessarily worried about that since I regularly change her water and spot clean. I use aspen bedding for her and I'm afraid she will ingest some as some other information says can happen.

OR am I just overthinking this?? Any advice would be great! Thanks!